Echocardiography in pediatric infective endocarditis

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1109-1111

  Penk, Jamie S ^a   Webb, Catherine L ^a   Shulman, Stanford T ^a   Anderson, Evan J ^a,b  

^a Department of Pediatrics ^*  (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

endocarditis; pediatric; transesophageal echocardiogram; transthoracic echocardiogram

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; BODY SIZE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 81855197035     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e31822d320b     Document Type: Article

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