Assessment of mitral valve leaflet perforation as a result of infective endocarditis by 3-dimensional real-time echocardiography

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 919-922

  Schwalm, Stephanie A ^a   Sugeng, Lissa ^a   Raman, Jai ^a   Jeevanandum, Valluvan ^a   Lang, Roberto M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; APNEA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEVER; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LEG EDEMA; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; STROKE; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 3342881104     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2004.04.013     Document Type: Article

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