Cardiac imaging in infectious endocarditis
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Cardiac imaging in infectious endocarditis.
Infectious endocarditis remains both a diagnostic and a treatment challenge. A positive outcome depends on a rapid diagnosis, accurate risk stratification, and a thorough follow-up. Imaging plays a key role in each of these steps and echocardiography remains the cornerstone of the methods in use. The technique of both transthoracic echocardiography and transoesophageal echocardiography has been...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Heart Journal
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0195-668X,1522-9645
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/eht274