Early and mid-term outcomes following surgical management of infective endocarditis with associated cerebral complications: A single centre experience

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 523-527

  Yeates, Alexander ^a   Mundy, Julie ^a   Griffin, Rayleene ^a   Marshall, Lachlan ^a   Wood, Annabelle ^a   Peters, Paul ^a   Shah, Pallav ^a  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular complications; Infective endocarditis; Surgical management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART FAILURE; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEPSIS; STROKE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ADULT; AGED; AORTIC VALVE; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955388732     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2010.03.004     Document Type: Article

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