Chiari network endocarditis: Not just an innocent bystander

Echocardiography

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 642-645

  Mousavi, Negareh ^a   Bhagirath, Kapil ^a   Ariyarajah, Vignendra ^a   Fang, Tielan ^a   Ahmadie, Roien ^a   Lytwyn, Matthew ^a   Jassal, Davinder S ^a,b   Seifer, Colette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b ST BONIFACE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chiari network; Endocarditis; Tricuspid valve

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; GENTAMICIN;

AGED; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CASE REPORT; CHIARI NETWORK ENDOCARDITIS; COAGULASE POSITIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS; FEVER; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LUNG BLOOD VESSEL; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PERSISTENT VEGETATIVE STATE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE;

AGED; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HEART ATRIA; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 45549089007     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2008.00651.x     Document Type: Article

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