Three surgical cases of isolated tricuspid valve infective endocarditis

Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 134-138

  Morokuma, Hiroyuki ^a   Minato, Naoki ^a   Kamohara, Keiji ^a   Minematsu, Noritoshi ^a  

^a Fukuoka Tokushukai Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Infective endocarditis; Tricuspid valve; Tricuspid valve repair; Tricuspid valve replacement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; TRICUSPID VALVE;

ADULT; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TRICUSPID VALVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953493193     PISSN: 13411098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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