Appropriate use criteria for transthoracic echocardiography at a tertiary care centerAppropriate use criteria for transthoracic echocardiography
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Clinical criteria and the appropriate use of transthoracic echocardiography for the exclusion of infective endocarditis.
BACKGROUND Clinical guidelines currently suggest that transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) be carried out in all patients with suspected endocarditis, but the use of TTE where there is a low probability of infective endocarditis has a poor diagnostic yield. This screening approach may no longer be appropriate. OBJECTIVE To examine whether clinical criteria might aid decision making with respe...
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia (English Edition)
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2174-2049
DOI: 10.1016/j.repce.2015.12.004