Early surgery versus conventional treatment for infective endocarditis

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 366, Issue 26, 2012, Pages 2466-2473

  Kang, Duk Hyun ^a   Kim, Yong Jin ^b   Kim, Sung Han ^a   Sun, Byung Joo ^a   Kim, Dae Hee ^a   Yun, Sung Cheol ^a   Song, Jong Min ^a   Choo, Suk Jung ^a   Chung, Cheol Hyun ^a   Song, Jae Kwan ^a   Lee, Jae Won ^a   Sohn, Dae Won ^b  

^a University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRACARDIAC THROMBOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84862892407     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1112843     Document Type: Article

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