Successful mitral valve repair for active infective endocarditis accompanied by anorexia nervosa

Japanese Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 335-337

  Ando, Yusuke ^a   Nishida, Takahiro ^a   Morita, Shigeki ^a   Masuda, Munetaka ^a   Tomita, Yukihiro ^a   Tominaga, Ryuji ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Heart; Infection; Malnutrition

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANNULOPLASTY; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EFFUSION; FEMALE; FEVER; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MURMUR; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY INFARCTION; LUNG CONGESTION; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VEGETATION;

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE;

EID: 33748919063     PISSN: 13444964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11748-006-0002-9     Document Type: Article

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