Subtle infective endocarditis and congenital cardiac disease

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 617-620

  Chatzis, Andrew C ^a   Saroglou, George ^b   Giannopoulos, Nicolas M ^a   Sarris, George E ^a  

^a ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Children; Infections; Paediatric cardiology

Indexed keywords

CEFTRIAXONE; DICLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; AORTA SINUS ANEURYSM; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NONHUMAN; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ENDOCARDITIS, SUBACUTE BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, VENTRICULAR; HUMANS; MALE; TETRALOGY OF FALLOT;

EID: 28644432700     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951105001794     Document Type: Review

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