Transoesophageal echocardiographic diagnosis of aortico-left atrial fistula in aortic valve endocarditis

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 221-222

  Esen, A M ^a   Küçükoǧlu, M Serdar ^a   Okcun B ^a   Batukan, O ^a   Uner S ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aortic valve; Fistula; Infective endocarditis; Transoesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA ROOT; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CASE REPORT; COMORBIDITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEVER; FISTULA; HEART ABSCESS; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AORTA; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VASCULAR FISTULA; VIRIDANS STREPTOCOCCI;

EID: 0042787613     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1525-2167(02)00138-5     Document Type: Article

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