title: Echocardiographic assessment of the vegetation: are there characteristics that mandate prophylactic surgical intervention?
authors.affiliation: Heart Institute, Beth Israel Medical Center New York, Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, N.Y., USA. mberger@bethisraelny.org
authors.forename: Marvin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Berger
mesh_terms: D019072:Antibiotic Prophylaxis; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D004452:Echocardiography; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity