Fungal ascending aortic aneurysm after cardiac surgery

Echocardiography

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 84-87

  Brili, Stella ^a   Rokas, Constantinos ^a   Tzannos, Konstantinos ^a   Barbetseas, John ^a   Pirounaki, Maria ^b   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aorta; Aortic ring abscess; Aortitis; Cardiac surgery; Endocarditis infective; Prosthetic valve

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHETIC VALVE ENDOCARDITIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AORTA; AORTIC ANEURYSM; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FLAVUS; ENDOCARDITIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 58149193588     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2008.00776.x     Document Type: Article

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