Late occurrence of fatal aortitis: A complication of Aspergillus endocarditis following coronary artery bypass graft surgery

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 165-167

  Esmaeilzadeh, Maryam ^a   Parsaee, Mozhgan ^a   Peighambari, Mohammad Mehdi ^a   Sadeghpour, Anita ^a   Khamooshi, Amir J ^a   Hosseini, S Saeid ^a   Mozaffari, Kambiz ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aspergillosis; Complication; Coronary artery bypass grafting; Endocarditis

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTITIS; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENDOCARDITIS; FATALITY; FEVER; HEART ARREST; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; THORAX PAIN; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AORTIC VALVE; AORTITIS; ASPERGILLOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY STENOSIS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ENDOCARDITIS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 58449111300     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jen204     Document Type: Article

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