Case report - Valves: Candida parapsilosis tricuspid native valve endocarditis: 3-Year follow-up after surgical treatment

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 513-514

  Gullu, Ahmet Umit ^a   Akcar, Murat ^a   Arnaz, Ahmet ^a   Kizilay, Mehmet ^a  

^a DR SIYAMI ERSEK THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Candida parapsilosis; Fungal endocarditis; Tricuspid valve infection

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; FLUCONAZOLE; WARFARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS; CASE REPORT; ENDOCARDITIS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE; TRICUSPID VALVE REPLACEMENT; VEGETATION; BIOPROSTHESIS; CANDIDIASIS; HEART FAILURE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

AGED; BIOPROSTHESIS; CANDIDIASIS; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE; TRICUSPID VALVE INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 44449152598     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2007.173435     Document Type: Article

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