Heart transplantation in a patient with recurrent early extensive endocarditis

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 423-425

  Valencia Nuñez, Diana M ^a   Cejas, Carlos Merino ^a   Arboledas, Pedro Alados ^a   Muñoz Carvajal, Ignacio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO REINA SOFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Endocarditis; Heart transplantation; Recurrent disease

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLOXACILLIN; DAPTOMYCIN; DEFLAZACORT; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; RIFAMPICIN; TACROLIMUS;

ADULT; AORTA GRAFT; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BICUSPID AORTIC VALVE; BLINDNESS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; DEBRIDEMENT; DISORIENTATION; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEART ABSCESS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MITRAL VALVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 84880710340     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivt195     Document Type: Article

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