Nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis involving all four cardiac valves

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 204, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 757-761

  Laco, Jan ^a   Steiner, Ivo ^a   Havel, Eduard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HRADEC KRALOVE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Colonic carcinoma; Heart; Nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis; Paraneoplastic phenomenon

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; OXALIPLATIN;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUTOPSY; CANCER MORTALITY; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; COLON CARCINOMA; COLON RESECTION; ENDOCARDITIS; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; LAPAROTOMY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MICROSCOPY; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; REOPERATION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEPTICEMIA; SIGMOIDECTOMY; TRACHEOSTOMY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; AUTOPSY; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; ENDOCARDITIS; FATAL OUTCOME; HEART VALVES; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, ADULT; RISK FACTORS; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 52049118768     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2008.03.007     Document Type: Article

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