Abstract:
:The incremental advantage of transesophageal echocardiography was determined by comparing results of paired transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiographic examinations performed in 61 patients for evaluation of suspected infective endocarditis. According to clinical and pathologic data, 31 of 61 (51%) patients had finding that were positive for infective endocarditis. Studies were graded as positive or negative for vegetations and were also graded for image quality. The sensitivity of transesophageal echocardiography in detecting vegetations was 88% versus 30% for transthoracic studies (p less than 0.01). For patients with aortic valve infective endocarditis, transesophageal sensitivity was 88% versus 25% for transthoracic sensitivity, because transesophageal echocardiography successfully separated vegetations from chronic valve disease caused by sclerosis or calcification (p less than 0.01). For patients with mitral valve infective endocarditis, transesophageal sensitivity was 100% versus 50% for transthoracic sensitivity, because transesophageal echocardiography distinguished vegetations from myxomatous changes or detected vegetations on prosthetic valves (p less than 0.01). Thus transesophageal echocardiography improves recognition of infective endocarditis, particularly in the presence of underlying valvular disease.
journal_name
Am Heart Jjournal_title
American heart journalauthors
Birmingham GD,Rahko PS,Ballantyne F 3rddoi
10.1016/0002-8703(92)90519-2subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1992-03-01 00:00:00pages
774-81issue
3eissn
0002-8703issn
1097-6744pii
0002-8703(92)90519-2journal_volume
123pub_type
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期:2009-11-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:1992-02-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:1982-08-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2008-05-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
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