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