DS Jassal, A Aminbakhsh, T Fang, N Shaikh… - Cardiovascular …, 2007 - Springer
Background Although echocardiography has been incorporated into the diagnostic algorithm of patients with suspected infective endocarditis (IE), systematic usage in clinical …
SM Shapiro, E Young, S De Guzman, J Ward, CY Chiu… - Chest, 1994 - Elsevier
Study objective To determine whether transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) was superior to transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) in defining valvular vegetations and …
Structured Abstract Objective To compare the diagnostic accuracy of transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) and cardiac computed tomography (CCT) in diagnosing infective …
F Casella, B Rana, G Casazza, A Bhan… - …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Between 1987 and 1994, several studies demostrated transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) to be less sensitive than transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) …
MT Roe, MA Abramson, J Li, SK Heinle, J Kisslo… - American heart …, 2000 - Elsevier
Background Although transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is more sensitive than transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) in detecting echocardiographic evidence of infective …
M Oliveira, L Guittet, M Hamon… - Radiology: Cardiothoracic …, 2020 - pubs.rsna.org
Purpose To assess the comparative diagnostic accuracy of cardiac CT and transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) in the detection of valvular and perivalvular complications in …
Background: Clinical guidelines currently suggest that transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) be carried out in all patients with suspected endocarditis, but the use of TTE where there is a …
JC Kuruppu, M Corretti, P Mackowiak… - Archives of internal …, 2002 - jamanetwork.com
Background Infective endocarditis (IE) is a diagnostic challenge due to its variable presentation and nonspecific clinical findings. The use of transthoracic echocardiography …
JF Smallhorn, T Humpl, BW McCrindle - Journal of the American College of …, 2003 - jacc.org
Objectives: The study evaluated the additional benefit of transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) versus transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) in pediatric cases with suspected …