Mitral valve repair for active culture positive infective endocarditis

Heart

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 361-363

  Doukas, G ^a   Oc, M ^a   Alexiou, C ^a   Sosnowski, A W ^a   Samani, N J ^a   Spyt, Tomasz J ^a,b  

^a GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; DIASTOLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STREPTOCOCCUS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644536720     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2004.059063     Document Type: Article

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