Echocardiographic features of an unruptured mycotic aneurysm of the right aortic sinus of valsalva

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 474-477

  Batiste, Columbus ^a   Bansal, Ramesh C ^a,b   Razzouk, Anees J ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; AORTA SINUS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MYCOTIC ANEURYSM; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VALSALVA MANEUVER; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, INFECTED; AORTIC ANEURYSM; COSMETIC TECHNIQUES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; SINUS OF VALSALVA; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS CONSTELLATUS; TONGUE;

EID: 3042770570     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2004.01.002     Document Type: Article

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