Early surgery or medical treatment in endocarditis complicated by embolism from a large, mobile vegetation? A case-based discussion

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 567-569

  Haines, Sarah A ^a   Astroulakis, Zoe ^a   Bahrami, Toufan ^a   Archbold, R Andrew ^a  

^a LONDON CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; EMBOLISM PREVENTION; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; SURGICAL RISK; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFTRIAXONE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EMBOLISM; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 33746444307     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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