Infective endocarditis in a tertiary referral hospital: Long-term follow up

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 118-124

  Mokhles, M Mostafa ^a   Ciampichetti, Isabella ^a   Van Domburg, Ron ^a   Cheng, Jin Ming ^a   Bogers, Ad J J C ^a   Witsenburg, Maarten ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POPULATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; ENDOCARDITIS; HEART FAILURE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME;

EID: 84860348123     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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