Judicious use of transthoracic echocardiography in infective endocarditis screening

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 703-705

  Liu, Yen Wen ^a   Tsai, Wei Chuan ^a   Hsu, Chih Hsin ^a   Lin, Li Jen ^a   Li, Wei Ting ^a   Chen, Chun Hsiu ^b   Chen, Jyh Hong ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Clinical predictors; Infective endocarditis; Transthoracic echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 73649091119     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0828-282X(09)70533-1     Document Type: Article

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