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Imaging techniques for diagnosis of infective endocarditis.

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Sachdev, M; Peterson, GE; Jollis, JG
Published in: Infect Dis Clin North Am
June 2002

With the ability to structurally characterize cardiac manifestations, echocardiography is used for the diagnosis and management of infective endocarditis. In establishing the diagnosis according to the Duke criteria, the findings of endocardial involvement (vegetation, abscess, prosthetic valve dehiscence) or new valvular regurgitation represent "major" diagnostic criteria. As echocardiography cannot reliably differentiate noninfective from infective lesions, however, proper diagnosis lies in correlating echocardiography with clinical findings. The more invasive transesophageal approach provides substantially greater image resolution; this approach should be considered first in the evaluation of patients with higher prior probabilities of endocarditis and those with potential endocardial complications.

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Published In

Infect Dis Clin North Am

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ISSN

0891-5520

Publication Date

June 2002

Volume

16

Issue

2

Start / End Page

319 / ix

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Radiography, Thoracic
  • Nuclear Medicine
  • Microbiology
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Humans
  • Heart Valve Diseases
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial
  • Echocardiography
  • Cost-Benefit Analysis
 

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Sachdev, M., Peterson, G. E., & Jollis, J. G. (2002). Imaging techniques for diagnosis of infective endocarditis. Infect Dis Clin North Am, 16(2), 319–ix. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0891-5520(02)00003-x
Sachdev, Molly, Gail E. Peterson, and James G. Jollis. “Imaging techniques for diagnosis of infective endocarditis.Infect Dis Clin North Am 16, no. 2 (June 2002): 319–ix. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0891-5520(02)00003-x.
Sachdev M, Peterson GE, Jollis JG. Imaging techniques for diagnosis of infective endocarditis. Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2002 Jun;16(2):319–ix.
Sachdev, Molly, et al. “Imaging techniques for diagnosis of infective endocarditis.Infect Dis Clin North Am, vol. 16, no. 2, June 2002, pp. 319–ix. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/s0891-5520(02)00003-x.
Sachdev M, Peterson GE, Jollis JG. Imaging techniques for diagnosis of infective endocarditis. Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2002 Jun;16(2):319–ix.
Journal cover image

Published In

Infect Dis Clin North Am

DOI

ISSN

0891-5520

Publication Date

June 2002

Volume

16

Issue

2

Start / End Page

319 / ix

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Radiography, Thoracic
  • Nuclear Medicine
  • Microbiology
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Humans
  • Heart Valve Diseases
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial
  • Echocardiography
  • Cost-Benefit Analysis