Key result
Echocardiography identified valvular vegetations with 100% specificity and 71% sensitivity in patients with native aortic valve endocarditis.
Why the study?
What is the diagnostic accuracy of echocardiography for detecting valvular vegetations in patients with native aortic valve endocarditis?
Population
14 patients with endocarditis of the native aortic valve
Design
Case_series
Follow-up
9 to 44 months (mean 27 months)
Authors
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Supports echocardiography for native aortic valve endocarditis; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before practice change.
Observational (n=14)
What is the diagnostic accuracy of echocardiography for detecting valvular vegetations in patients with native aortic valve endocarditis?
Effect estimate: 100% specificity
Echocardiography is highly specific for detecting vegetations in native aortic valve endocarditis, a condition that frequently requires surgical intervention.
Assey et al. (1981) conducted an observational in Endocarditis of the native aortic valve (n=14). Echocardiography (M-mode or two-dimensional sector) was evaluated on Identification of valvular vegetations (100% specificity). Echocardiography identified valvular vegetations with 100% specificity and 71% sensitivity in patients with native aortic valve endocarditis.
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