Echocardiographic assessment of the vegetation: are there characteristics that mandate prophylactic surgical intervention?
Adv Cardiol
.
2002:39:203-9.
doi: 10.1159/000058930.
Author
Marvin Berger
1
Affiliation
1
Heart Institute, Beth Israel Medical Center New York, Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, N.Y., USA. mberger@bethisraelny.org
PMID:
12060920
DOI:
10.1159/000058930
No abstract available
Publication types
Review
MeSH terms
Antibiotic Prophylaxis
Cardiac Surgical Procedures
Echocardiography*
Endocarditis, Bacterial / diagnosis*
Endocarditis, Bacterial / therapy
Humans
Prognosis
Sensitivity and Specificity