Aneurysm of the mitral valve: A rare complication of aortic valve endocarditis

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Halkos, Michael E ^a,c   Symbas, John D ^a   Felner, Joel M ^b   Symbas, Panagiotis N ^a  

^a Cardiothoracic Surgery   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

35

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; DYSPNEA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; RECURRENCE; TRICUSPID VALVE INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 4644222647     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.12.073     Document Type: Article

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