Critical review of the role of transesophageal echocardiography in the assessment of embolic risk in subacute bacterial endocarditis;Revisione critica del ruolo dell'ecocardiografia transesofagea nella valutazione del rischio embolico nell'endocardite batterica subacuta

Italian Heart Journal, Supplementi

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 687-693

  Di Salvo, Giovanni ^a   Pergola, Valeria ^a   Pepi, Mauro ^b   Marino, Paolo ^c   Calabrò, Raffaele ^a   Habib, Gilber ^d  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^d Dipartimento di Cardiologia   (France)

Author keywords

Infective endocarditis; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; EVALUATION; HUMAN; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EMBOLISM; ENDOCARDITIS, SUBACUTE BACTERIAL; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 16644399625     PISSN: 15903796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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