Aspergillus prosthetic valve endocarditis causing functional aortic stenosis: Initial case report

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Downey, Brian C ^a   Warner, Kenneth G ^a   Kimmelstiel, Carey ^a  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HYPERTENSIVE FACTOR; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEFIBRILLATOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENDOCARDITIS; FEVER; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY VESSEL MALFORMATION; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RARE DISEASE; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; ARTERIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; RARE DISEASES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34247887614     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: 15572501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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