A case of fatal septic pulmonary embolus arising from an infected sano conduit

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 181-183

  Mahar, Tara ^a   Katzman, Philip ^a   Alfieris, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocarditis; Hypoplastic left heart; Modified Norwood procedure; Septic embolus

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG ABSCESS; LUNG EMBOLISM; NORWOOD PROCEDURE; RIGHT VENTRICLE TO PULMONARY ARTERY CONDUIT; SHUNT INFECTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; BACTEREMIA; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE COCCI; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INFANT; MALE; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM;

EID: 59449101910     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-008-9276-2     Document Type: Article

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