Impact of echocardiography in the short- And long-term prognosis of patients with infective endocarditis and negative blood cultures

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 997-1004

  Zamorano, José ^a   De Isla, Leopoldo Perez ^a   Moura, Luis ^a   Almería, Carlos ^a   Rodrigo, Jose Luis ^a   Aubele, Adalia ^a   Macaya, Carlos ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MITRAL VALVE; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL; TIME; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AORTIC VALVE; BACTERIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33645193597     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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