Surgery for fulminant prosthetic valve endocarditis after transapical transcatheter aortic valve-in-valve implantation

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 80-82

  Wilbring, Manuel ^a   Tugtekin, Sems Malte ^a   Matschke, Klaus ^a   Kappert, Utz ^a  

^a University Heart Center Dresden   (Germany)

Author keywords

endocarditis; prosthetic valve endocarditis; TAVI; valve in valve

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTIC VALVE; BIOPROSTHESIS; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; REOPERATION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84895058986     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: 14391902     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1330225     Document Type: Article

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