Excision of the tricuspid valve in a baby with Candida endocarditis

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 545-547

  du Plessis, Frederik A ^a   Helbing, Willem A ^a   Bogers, Ad J J C ^a  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Neonatal; Pulmonary hypertension; Sildenafil; Surgery

Indexed keywords

BUMETANIDE; DIURETIC AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE; HEPARIN; INOTROPIC AGENT; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN; SILDENAFIL;

ARTICLE; CANDIDA ENDOCARDITIS; CASE REPORT; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVENING DOSAGE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART AFTERLOAD; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; THROMBECTOMY; TRICUSPID VALVE STENOSIS; VALVULOPLASTY;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDIASIS; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; FLUCONAZOLE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INFANT; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; PIPERAZINES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PURINES; SULFONES; TRICUSPID VALVE; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 35948988435     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S104795110700056X     Document Type: Article

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