Influence of sex on left-sided infective endocarditis;Influencia del género en la endocarditis infecciosa izquierda

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1497-1500

  Sevilla, Teresa ^a   Revilla, Ana ^a   López, Javier ^a   Vilacosta, Isidre ^b   Sarriá, Cristina ^c   Gómez, Itziar ^a   García, Héctor ^a   San Román, José A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO DE VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Infective endocarditis; Prognosis; Sex

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT SIDED INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650702702     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: 15792242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0300-8932(10)70281-5     Document Type: Article

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