Tricuspid valve endocarditis with septic pulmonary emboli in a drug addict

Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 481-484

  Weymann, Alexander ^a   Schmack, Bastian ^a   Rosendal, Christian ^a   Rauch, Helmut ^a   Karck, Matthias ^a   Tochtermann, Ursula ^a   Szabó, Gábor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beating heart surgery; Drug addiction; Endocarditis; Septic emboli; Tricuspid valve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART SURGERY; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

ADULT; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICUSPID VALVE; TRICUSPID VALVE INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 84869239403     PISSN: 13411098     EISSN: 21861005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5761/atcs.cr.11.01846     Document Type: Article

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