Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging for detection of an abscess associated with prosthetic valve endocarditis: A case report

Heart Surgery Forum

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 153-154

  Harris, Kevin M ^a   Ang, Edmund ^a   Lesser, John R ^a   Sonnesyn, Steven W ^b  

^a MINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b ABBOTT NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEVER; HEART ABSCESS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; ABSCESS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; ENDOCARDITIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; INFECTION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ABSCESS; ENDOCARDITIS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS;

EID: 34250821653     PISSN: 10983511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1532/HSF98.20061210     Document Type: Article

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