The impact of 2007 infective endocarditis prophylaxis guidelines on the practice of congenital heart disease specialists

American Heart Journal

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 123-129

  Pharis, Christopher Scott ^a   Conway, Jennifer ^b   Warren, Andrew E ^b   Bullock, Andrew ^c   MacKie, Andrew S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CANADA; CARDIOLOGIST; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; E-MAIL; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; INFECTION PREVENTION; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; NEW ZEALAND; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650288539     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2010.09.024     Document Type: Article

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