Why the study?
Does intracardiac echocardiography improve the diagnosis of prosthetic valve endocarditis compared to transthoracic echocardiography in a patient with suspected infection?
Does intracardiac echocardiography improve the diagnosis of prosthetic valve endocarditis compared to transthoracic echocardiography in a patient with suspected infection?
Intracardiac echocardiography may be a useful imaging modality for diagnosing prosthetic valve endocarditis when standard transthoracic echocardiography is unrevealing.
May support intracardiac echocardiography after nondiagnostic transthoracic imaging in prosthetic valve endocarditis; leaves open the need for prospective validation.
A 79-year-old woman was transferred to our hospital after a syncopal episode that resulted in a cervical spine fracture. She had undergone coronary artery bypass grafting and bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement 3 years before this admission. On presentation, she was febrile with blood cultures positive for Candida parapsilosis . Serial transthoracic echocardiograms did not show …
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