Can transthoracic echocardiography be used to a greater extent in the diagnostics of infective endocarditis to avoid unnecessary transoesophageal examinations without jeopardising accuracy?

Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Research

Eva Maret¹  Anna Damlin¹  Maria J. Eriksson¹ 

[1] Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Division of Clinical Physiology, Karolinska Institutet, (L1:00), 171 76, Stockholm, Sweden;Department of Clinical Physiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, A8:01, Eugeniavägen 3, SE-171 76, Stockholm, Sweden;

关键词: Infective endocarditis;    Transoesophageal echocardiography;    Transthoracic echocardiography;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12947-023-00301-z

 received in 2022-11-09, accepted in 2023-01-25,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

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