Outcome and prognostic factors on 57 cases of infective endocarditis in a single centre

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 1304, 2009, Pages 54-62

  Chi, Wing Wong ^a   Porter, Graeme ^a   Tisch, Jonathan ^a   Young, Calum ^a  

^a TAURANGA HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AORTIC VALVE; BIOPROSTHESIS; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; NEW ZEALAND; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449512707     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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