Surgical treatment of active infective mitral valve endocarditis

Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 150-155

  Yamaguchi, Hiroichiro ^a   Eishi, Kiyoyuki ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Active infective endocarditis; Mitral valve repair

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE; REVIEW; TIME;

ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34548095154     PISSN: 13411098     EISSN: 21861005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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