Infective endocarditis in bicuspid aortic valve: atrioventricular block as sign of perivalvular abscess

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 252-255

  Bacchion, Francesco ^a   Cukon, Sonja ^a   Rizzoli, Giulio ^a   Gerosa, Gino ^a   Daliento, Luciano ^a   Thiene, Gaetano ^a   Basso, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular block; Bicuspid aortic valve; Infective endocarditis; Pathology; Surgery

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AORTA SINUS ANEURYSM; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEVER; FIRST DEGREE ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; HEART ABSCESS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MOUTH ABSCESS; ORTHODONTICS; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; THORAX PAIN; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ABSCESS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HEART BLOCK; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; ORTHODONTICS, CORRECTIVE; STOMATOGNATHIC DISEASES; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 34447257648     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2006.11.001     Document Type: Article

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