Prosthetic valve endocarditis in a multicenter registry of chinese patients

Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 430-434

  Ho, Hee Hwa ^a   Siu, Chung Wah ^b   Yiu, Kai Hang ^b   Tse, Hung Fat ^b   Chui, Wing Hung ^a   Chow, Wing Hing ^a  

^a GRANTHAM HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Aortic Valve; Bacterial; Endocarditis; Heart Valve Prosthesis; Mitral Valve; Prosthesis Related Infections

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; CLOXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART VALVE BIOPROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROSTHETIC VALVE ENDOCARDITIS; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; CHINA; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RECURRENCE; REGISTRIES; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78651241263     PISSN: 02184923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0218492310379457     Document Type: Article

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