Long-term outcome for the surgical treatment of infective endocarditis with a focus on intravenous drug users

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 51-57

  Rabkin, David G ^a,b   Mokadam, Nahush A ^a,b   Miller, Donald W ^a,b   Goetz, Raymond R ^a,b   Verrier, Edward D ^a,b   Aldea, Gabriel S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BIOPROSTHESIS; BRAIN EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WASHINGTON;

EID: 84055189413     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.08.016     Document Type: Article

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