Embolisation of vegetation to the liver in right sided infective endocarditis

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  McCaughan, J A ^a   Purvis, J A ^a   Sharkey, R A ^a  

^a ALTNAGELVIN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Right sided infective endocarditis; Systemic embolisation

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFOTAXIME; CLARITHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY WARD; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HEMATURIA; HEPATITIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER INFARCTION; LIVER INJURY; LUNG INFILTRATE; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PNEUMONIA; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT DURATION; VEGETATION;

EMBOLISM; ENDOCARDITIS; FORAMEN OVALE, PATENT; HUMANS; INFARCTION; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 62649144704     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2008.08.008     Document Type: Article

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