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What is the incidence and prognostic importance of echocardiographic abnormalities in children with infective endocarditis?
What is the incidence and prognostic importance of echocardiographic abnormalities in children with infective endocarditis?
Two-dimensional echocardiography is more sensitive than M-mode for detecting abnormalities in pediatric infective endocarditis, though these findings did not predict the need for early operation.
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Echocardiographic abnormalities should not guide operative decisions in pediatric infective endocarditis; leaves open the prognostic utility of serial imaging in prospective cohorts.
Bricker et al. (1985) studied this question.
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