Surgical treatment for Löffler's endocarditis with left ventricular thrombus and severe mitral regurgitation: A case report

Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 207-213

  Tanaka, Hidekazu ^a   Kawai, Hiroya ^a   Tatsumi, Kazuhiro ^a   Kataoka, Toshiya ^a   Onishi, Tetsuari ^a   Nose, Takahisa ^a   Mizoguchi, Takahiro ^a   Yokoyama, Mitsuhiro ^a   Okita, Yutaka ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endocarditis (L ffler's endocarditis); Mitral valve, regurgitation; Mitral valve, replacement; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR; DIURETIC AGENT; DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; ENCAPSULATION; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART SURGERY; HEART TUMOR; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPEREOSINOPHILIA; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG CONGESTION; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; OXYGEN BREATHING; PLEURA EFFUSION; TACHYCARDIA; THROMBUS; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART DISEASE; HEART VENTRICLE; HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME; MITRAL VALVE; THROMBOSIS;

AGED; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33646125619     PISSN: 09145087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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