Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis due to Staphylococcus aureus
| Autor: | Ingrid K. Blomquist, Chung-Yin Chiu, Leonard E. Ginzton, Joel I. Ward, Arnold S. Bayer, Erlaine Bello |
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| Rok vydání: | 1988 |
| Předmět: |
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
education.field_of_study medicine.medical_specialty Tricuspid valve business.industry Two dimensional echocardiography Population Treatment outcome Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine medicine.disease medicine.disease_cause Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Staphylococcus aureus Internal medicine Tricuspid valve endocarditis cardiovascular system Cardiology Medicine Endocarditis cardiovascular diseases Valvular endocarditis Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business education |
| Zdroj: | Chest. 93:247-253 |
| ISSN: | 0012-3692 |
| DOI: | 10.1378/chest.93.2.247 |
| Popis: | We studied 53 episodes (51 patients) of tricuspid valvular endocarditis caused by Staphylococcus aureus in a predominantly addicted population and correlated two-dimensional echocardiographic findings with clinical outcome. Thirty-eight episodes with (vs 15 episodes without) tricuspid vegetations on the two-dimensional echocardiogram were significantly associated with (1) longer duration of fever on therapy (mean of 12.3 days vs 6.8 days, respectively; p |
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