Unusual case of aortic valve involvement in patient with Löffler's Endomyocarditis: Management, follow-up and short review of the literature

Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 309-313

  Bozcali, Evin ^a   Aliyev, Farid ^a   Agac, Mustafa Tarik ^a   Erkan, Hakan ^a   Okcun, Baris ^a   Babalik, Erhan ^a   Karpuz, Hakan ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aortic valve; L ffler's endomyocarditis

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SMEAR; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FOLLOW UP; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MYOCARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; AORTIC VALVE; DYSPNEA; EOSINOPHILIA; HUMANS; HYPEREOSINOPHILIC SYNDROME; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 35449008416     PISSN: 09295305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11239-007-0029-5     Document Type: Article

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