Key result
Echocardiography shows established sensitivity for endocarditis vegetations, but specificity and clinical utility remain uncertain.
Why the study?
The clinical implications and specificity of echocardiography in detecting vegetations in patients with suspected endocarditis remain controversial.
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Echocardiography specificity for vegetations in suspected endocarditis remains uncertain; leaves open questions on false-positive rates and clinical implications.
The echocardiographic laboratory is frequently requested to "rule out" endocarditis. The sensitivity of echocardiography in detecting vegetations has been well studied; the specificity is not known, but few false-positive studies have been reported, and the clinical implications of the study are controversial. This review summarizes the state of the art of the echocardiographic evaluation of patients with suspected clinical endocarditis.
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G. S. Mintz (1980) conducted a review in Suspected infectious endocarditis. Echocardiography was evaluated. Echocardiography for detecting vegetations in suspected infectious endocarditis has well-studied sensitivity, but its specificity remains unknown and clinical implications are controversial.
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