Pulmonary embolism and fever: When should right-sided infective endocarditis be considered?

Circulation

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Nucifora, Gaetano ^a   Badano, Luigi ^a   Hysko, Fjoralba ^a   Allocca, Giuseppe ^a   Gianfagna, Pasquale ^a   Fioretti, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; FEVER; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 33847099192     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.674358     Document Type: Review

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