Surgical Management and Mid-term Outcomes of 108 Patients with Infective Endocarditis

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 532-537

  Nayak, Arun ^a   Mundy, Julie ^a   Wood, Annabelle ^a   Griffin, Rayleene ^a   Pinto, Nigel ^a   Peters, Paul ^a   Shah, Pallav ^a  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aortic valve; Endocarditis; Mitral valve; Outcome; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTIC VALVE REPAIR; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EQ 5D HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOGISTIC EUROSCORE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REPAIR; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MORBIDITY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTHETIC VALVE ENDOCARDITIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE REPAIR;

ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79960622104     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: 14442892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2011.03.013     Document Type: Article

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