Biatrial Aspergillosis in a Patient with Immunocompetency

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 70-72

  Chamsi Pasha, Hassan ^a,b   Abdulmoneim, Alaa ^a,b   Ahmed, Waqar H ^a,b   Al Shaibi, Khaled F ^a,b   Ajam, Aref ^a,b   Bakhamees, Hassan ^a,b   Ashmeg, Abdullah K ^a,b  

^a King Fahd Armed Forces Hospital ^*

^b KING FAHD ARMED FORCES HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FLUCYTOSINE; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLECTOMY; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INTRACARDIAC THROMBOSIS; MALE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0347951195     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2003.10.009     Document Type: Article

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