Mitral valve endocarditis: An uncommon cause of myocardial infarction

Zeitschrift fur Kardiologie

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 686-688

  Voss, Frederik ^a   Bludau, Hans Bernd ^a   Weretka, Slawomir ^a   Haller, Christlieb ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Hegau Klinikum   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterial endocarditis; Coronary arterial embolism; Mitral incompetence; Mitral valve replacement; Percutaneous cardiac intervention

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENDOCARDITIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ADULT; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; BLOOD; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EMBOLISM; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 0042324626     PISSN: 03005860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-003-0950-3     Document Type: Article

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