Effects of pathogenic factors on prognosis in patients with prosthetic valve endocarditis

Kardiologia Polska

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 115-122

  Abramczuk, Elzbieta ^a   Hryniewiecki, Tomasz ^a   Stȩpińska, Janina ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CARDIOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Pathogenic factors; Prognosis; Prosthetic valve infective endocarditis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SURVIVAL TIME; TISSUE CULTURE;

EID: 34247534529     PISSN: 00229032     EISSN: 00229032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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