Fatal endocarditis in Wegener's granulomatosis: Mitral valve involvement and an intracardiac mass

Joint Bone Spine

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 585-587

  Önal, Ibrahim Koral ^a   Özçakar, Levent ^a,b   Temirel, Kudret ^a   Aran, Raşit ^a   Kurt, Mevlüt ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Endocarditis; Intracardiac mass; Mitral valve; Wegener's granulomatosis

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; INOTROPIC AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYST; FATALITY; FLUID THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

ADULT; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; WEGENER GRANULOMATOSIS;

EID: 29244491114     PISSN: 1297319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2005.04.001     Document Type: Article

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