Transesophageal Echocardiographic Diagnosis of Aspergillus Fumigatus Aortitis After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1072.e9-1072.e11

  Khumri, Taiyeb M ^a   Joslin, Norah B ^a   Nayyar, Sunil ^a   Main, Michael L ^a  

^a SAINT LUKE S MID AMERICA HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; AORTITIS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MALE; MORTALITY; MYCOSIS; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 33746335643     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2006.03.029     Document Type: Article

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