Judicious use of transthoracic echocardiography in the diagnosis of infective endocarditis

Heart

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1283-1284

  Robles, P ^a  

^a NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CANCER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENTEROPATHY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUTH HYGIENE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VASCULITIS;

EID: 0142147114     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heart.89.11.1283     Document Type: Review

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