An assessment of transesophageal echocardiography studies rated as rarely appropriate tests for infective endocarditis at an academic medical center

Purpose Endocardial involvement documented by echocardiography is a major criterion of the modified Duke criteria (MDC) for infective endocarditis (IE). Though transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is sensitive in the diagnosis of IE, it can be inappropriately used. Methods This retrospective study...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) N.Y.), 2019-11, Vol.36 (11), p.2070-2077
Hauptverfasser:	Amuchastegui, Tomas, Hur, David J., Lynn Fillipon, Nicole M., Eder, Maxwell D., Bonomo, Jason A., Kim, Yekaterina, McNamara, Robert L., Malinis, Maricar, Sugeng, Lissa
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	infective endocarditis transesophageal echocardiography vegetations
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