When should we operate on patients with acute infective endocarditis?

Heart

Volumn 96, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 892-897

  Thuny, Franck ^a   Habib, Gilbert ^a  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT;

BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FAILURE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; BIOPROSTHESIS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; EMBOLISM; ENDOCARDITIS; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953705498     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2008.151936     Document Type: Review

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