Heart valve disease in acromegaly [3]

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 90, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 331-332

  Payá, Eduardo ^a   Marín, Francisco ^a   Climent, Vicente ^a   Picó, Antonio M ^a   Martínez, Juan G ^a   Sogorb, Francisco ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROMEGALY; ADULT; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MYXOMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

EID: 0042885361     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(02)00527-2     Document Type: Letter

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