Surgical treatment of mitral valve endocarditis in North America

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2199-2204

  Gammie, James S ^a   O'Brien, Sean M ^b   Griffith, Bartley P ^b   Peterson, Eric D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

AGED; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE;

EID: 28344453628     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.05.036     Document Type: Article

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