Indications and optimal timing for surgery in infective endocarditis

Heart

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 618-620

  Delahaye, F ^a   Celard M ^a   Roth, O ^a   De Gevigney, G ^a  

^a LOUIS PRADEL HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACILLUS; ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CANDIDA; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMBOLISM; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HAEMOPHILUS; HEART FAILURE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MORTALITY; MYCOSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIME; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 2442697609     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2003.029967     Document Type: Conference Paper

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