Sex Differences in Native-Valve Infective Endocarditis in a Single Tertiary-Care Hospital

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 92-98

  Sambola, Antonia ^a   Fernández Hidalgo, Nuria ^a   Almirante, Benito ^a   Roca, Ivo ^a   González Alujas, Teresa ^a   Serra, Bernard ^a   Pahissa, Albert ^a   García Dorado, David ^a   Tornos, Pilar ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART VALVE REGURGITATION; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MORTALITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STROKE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77953649882     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2010.02.019     Document Type: Article

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