Successful surgical treatment of tricuspid valve endocarditis associated with vertebral osteomyelitis

Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 207-209

  Aoki, Kenji ^a   Watanabe, Maya ^a   Ohzeki, Hajime ^a  

^a Niigata Prefectural Shibata Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Tricuspid endocarditis; Valve repair; Vertebral osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; OSTEOMYELITIS; SPINE; SPONDYLITIS; TRICUSPID VALVE; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

AGED; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; SPINE; SPONDYLITIS; TRICUSPID VALVE; TRICUSPID VALVE INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 77955121922     PISSN: 13411098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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