Infective endocarditis following percutaneous pulmonary valve replacement: Diagnostic challenges and application of intra-cardiac echocardiography

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 169, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 425-429

  Cheung, Gary ^a   Vejlstrup, Niels ^a   Ihlemann, Nikolaj ^a   Arnous, Samer ^a   Franzen, Olaf ^a   Bundgaard, Henning ^a   Søndergaard, Lars ^a  

^a Department of Cardiology ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Infective endocarditis; Intra cardiac echocardiography; Melody valve; Percutaneous pulmonary valve replacement

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE REMOVAL; GOODPASTURE SYNDROME; GRAFT OCCLUSION; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INTRACARDIAC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; INTRACARDIAC ECHOGRAPHY DEVICE; MALE; NON HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; PERCUTANEOUS PULMONARY VALVE REPLACEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE PROSTHESIS; PULMONARY VALVE REPLACEMENT; PULMONARY VALVED CONDUIT; REPEAT PROCEDURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

DIAGNOSIS; INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS; INTRA-CARDIAC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MELODY VALVE; PERCUTANEOUS PULMONARY VALVE REPLACEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VALVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888001795     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.10.016     Document Type: Article

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