A case of mitral valve plasty for Libman-Sacks endocarditis mimicking a cardiac tumor

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1465-1467

  Taguchi, Shingo ^a   Hashimoto, Kazuhiro ^a   Sakamoto, Yoshimasa ^a   Okuyama, Hiroshi ^a   Ishii, Shinichi ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; AORTA SURGERY; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HEART TUMOR; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LIBMAN SACKS ENDOCARDITIS; MITRAL VALVE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HEART NEOPLASMS; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MITRAL VALVE;

EID: 33751429642     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.07.034     Document Type: Article

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