Pulmonary and aortic valve endocarditis in an adult patient with silent patent ductus arteriosus

Japanese Heart Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1057-1061

  Ozkokeli, Mehmet ^a   Ates, Mehmet ^b   Uslu, Nevzat ^c   Akcar, Murat ^b  

^a ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^c S Ersek Thoracic/Cardiovasc Educ ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Infective endocarditis; Patent ductus; Pulmonary endarteritis

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; AORTA PROSTHESIS; AORTIC VALVE ENDOCARDITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CARDIOMEGALY; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART AUSCULTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG EDEMA; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE ENDOCARDITIS; PULMONARY VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; STERNOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VEGETATION; AORTA VALVE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; PULMONARY VALVE;

ADULT; AORTIC VALVE; DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS, PATENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; PULMONARY VALVE;

EID: 13844311271     PISSN: 00214868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/jhj.45.1057     Document Type: Article

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