Molecular diagnosis of prosthetic valve endocarditis with aorto-right atrial fistula

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Takamura, Takeshi ^a   Tanabe, Masaki ^a   Onishi, Katsuya ^a   Yamazato, Shoichiro ^a   Nakamura, Akiko ^a   Onoda, Koji ^a   Wada, Hideo ^a   Shimpo, Hideto ^a   Nobori, Tsutomu ^a   Ito, Masaaki ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aorto right atrial fistula; Culture negative endocarditis; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; AORTOATRIAL FISTULA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CONTINUOUS HEMODIAFILTRATION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FISTULA; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOXEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHETIC VALVE ENDOCARDITIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS CANIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC DISEASES; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS; VASCULAR FISTULA;

EID: 67349230204     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.03.029     Document Type: Article

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