Diagnostic accuracy of transthoracic echocardiography for infective endocarditis findings using transesophageal echocardiography as the reference standard: a meta …

AD Bai, M Steinberg, A Showler, L Burry… - Journal of the American …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Echocardiography is important for the diagnosis of infective endocarditis (IE),
for which transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is superior to transthoracic …

[HTML][HTML] Diagnostic value of harmonic transthoracic echocardiography in native valve infective endocarditis: comparison with transesophageal echocardiography

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 …

Transesophageal echocardiography in diagnosis of infective endocarditis

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 …

Diagnostic performance of cardiac computed tomography versus transesophageal echocardiography in infective endocarditis: A contemporary comparative meta …

V Jain, TKM Wang, A Bansal, M Farwati, M Gad… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Structured Abstract Objective To compare the diagnostic accuracy of transesophageal
echocardiography (TEE) and cardiac computed tomography (CCT) in diagnosing infective …

The potential impact of contemporary transthoracic echocardiography on the management of patients with native valve endocarditis: a comparison with …

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) …

Clinical information determines the impact of transesophageal echocardiography on the diagnosis of infective endocarditis by the duke criteria

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 …

Comparative value of cardiac CT and transesophageal echocardiography in infective endocarditis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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 …

Clinical criteria and the appropriate use of transthoracic echocardiography for the exclusion of infective endocarditis

K Greaves, D Mou, A Patel, DS Celermajer - Heart, 2003 - heart.bmj.com
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 …

Overuse of transthoracic echocardiography in the diagnosis of native valve endocarditis

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 …

The relative roles of transthoracic compared with transesophageal echocardiography in children with suspected infective endocarditis

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 …