A NEGATIVE TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAM OBVIATES THE NEED FOR TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN PATIENTS WITH SUSPECTED NATIVE VALVE ACTIVE INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS

Authors
IRANI WN GRAYBURN PA AFRIDI I
Citation
Wn. Irani et al., A NEGATIVE TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAM OBVIATES THE NEED FOR TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN PATIENTS WITH SUSPECTED NATIVE VALVE ACTIVE INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS, The American journal of cardiology, 78(1), 1996, pp. 101
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The American journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029149
Volume
78
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(1996)78:1<101:ANTEOT>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
We studied 134 patients with suspected native valve infective endocard itis who underwent transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography. Our data suggest that in patients without prosthetic valves who have a technically adequate negative transthoracic echocardiogram, transeso phageal echocardiography is unlikely to be of incremental benefit in d iagnosing endocarditis.