Incidental Finding by Two-Dimensional Echocardiography of a Mycotic Pseudoaneurysm of the Ascending Aorta After Orthotopic Heart Transplantation

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 580.e1-580.e3

  Ronco, Federico ^a,b   Simsir, Sinan ^a   Czer, Lawrence ^a   Luo, Huai ^a   Siegel, Robert J ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CYCLOSPORIN; HEMOGLOBIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PREDNISONE; VORICONAZOLE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FALSE ANEURYSM; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOMA; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; INCIDENTAL FINDING; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIRISAWA UVEITIS; MALE; MYCOSIS; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 77951665273     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2009.09.010     Document Type: Article

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