Evaluation of prosthetic valve endocarditis by 64-row multidetector computed tomography

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Kim, Robert J ^a   Weinsaft, Jonathan W ^a   Callister, Tracy Q ^b   Min, James K ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Tennessee Heart and Vascular Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Infective endocarditis; Multidetector computed tomography; Prosthetic valve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOCARDITIS; EVALUATION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VEGETATION;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; BIOPROSTHESIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; REOPERATION; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34447343361     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.04.058     Document Type: Article

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