Infective endocarditis in the elderly;Endocarditis infecciosa en el anciano

Anales de Medicina Interna

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 569-574

  Cruz, José Manuel ^a,b   Martinez R ^a   Garcia M ^a   Zarzalejos, J M ^a   De La Pena F ^a  

^a Hospital Cristal Pinor   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Clinical features; Elderly; Infective endocarditis; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PACEMAKER; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SPAIN; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0347601957     PISSN: 02127199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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