Identifying Cardiovascular Syphilis at Operation

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 104, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1588-1594

  Roberts, William Clifford ^a,b   Bose, Rahul ^b   Ko, Jong Mi ^b   Henry, Albert Carl ^a   Hamman, Baron Lloyd ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA PROSTHESIS; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTIC VALVE REPAIR; AORTITIS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKENING; ARTERY INTIMA PROLIFERATION; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; SYPHILIS, CARDIOVASCULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 71649098789     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.06.071     Document Type: Article

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