Aorto-right atrial fistula: A complication of prosthetic aortic valve endocarditis. A case report

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 142-145

  Darwazah, Ahmad ^a   Kiswani, Muneer ^a   Ismail, Hassan ^a   Hawari, Mohammad ^a   Awad, Sufian ^a  

^a Al Makassed Islamic Charitable Society Hospital   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AORTA; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; AORTOATRIAL FISTULA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD VESSEL FISTULA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AORTIC DISEASES; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FISTULA; HEART ATRIA; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; REOPERATION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; VASCULAR FISTULA;

EID: 31844446354     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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