Observational highlights the low prevalence of infective endocarditis in hematologic malignancies, suggesting reduced echocardiography needs.
Highlights-IE prevalence was very low 1.1% among hematologic patients with GPC bacteremia -Echocardiography detected IE in just 2.5% of echocardiographic examination -All IE cases showed high-risk features like persistent bacteremia -IE prevalence was markedly lower than in the general hospital cohort -Pathogen-specific risk scores may help reduce unnecessary echocardiographic studies
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