Mitral Valve Repair for Infective Endocarditis in Children

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2059-2065

  Delmo Walter, Eva Maria ^a   Musci, Michele ^a   Nagdyman, Nicole ^a   Hübler, Michael ^a   Berger, Felix ^a   Hetzer, Roland ^a  

^a DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PERICARDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MITIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; REOPERATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 36248956688     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.07.038     Document Type: Article

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