Fungal endocarditis after transfemoral aortic valve implantation

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1017-1019

  Head, Stuart J ^a,b   Dewey, Todd M ^a,c   MacK, Michael J ^a,d  

^a Cardiopulmonary Research Science and Technology Institute   (United States)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c MEDICAL CITY DALLAS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d The Heart Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

endocarditis; fungal; heart valve surgery; transcatheter aortic valve implantation

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

AGED; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; FUNGAL ENDOCARDITIS; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEMATOLOGY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSTHETIC VALVE ENDOCARDITIS; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; RECURRENT FEVER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE IMPLANTATION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; DEVICE REMOVAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMORAL ARTERY; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HISTOPLASMA; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 81855194417     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.23038     Document Type: Article

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