Echocardiographic predictors of embolic events in infective endocarditis

Kardiologia Polska

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 535-540

  Macarie, Cezar ^a   Iliuta, Luminita ^a   Savulescu, Camelia ^b   Moldovan, Horatiu ^a   Gherghiceanu, Dan Paul ^a   Vasile, Rasvan ^a   Filipescu, Daniela ^a   Candea, Vasile ^a  

^a CC Iliescu Heart Diseases Institute   (Romania)

^b FUNDENI CLINICAL INSTITUTE   (Romania)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Embolic events; Infective endocarditis; Transesophageal echocardiography; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; FEVER; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 3042700493     PISSN: 00229032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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