Surgical decision-making in aortic prosthetic valve endocarditis: The influence of electrocardiogram-gated computed tomography

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1165-1171

  Fagman, Erika ^a,b   Flinck, Agneta ^a,b   Snygg Martin, Ulrika ^a,c   Olaison, Lars ^a,c   Bech Hanssen, Odd ^a,c   Svensson, Gunnar ^a,c  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA ACADEMY AT UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aortic valve; ECG gated computed tomography; Prosthetic valve endocarditis; Transoesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HEART VALVE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTHETIC VALVE ENDOCARDITIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; AORTIC VALVE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROCEDURES; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 85013761315     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezw177     Document Type: Article

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