Body piercing: A rare cause of mitral valve endocarditis

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 854-856

  Raja, Shahzad G ^a   Shad, Sujay K ^a   Dreyfus, Gilles D ^a  

^a HAREFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CASE REPORT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; COSMETIC TECHNIQUES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 7444260971     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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