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Clinical Value and Limitations of EchocardiographyIts Use in the Study of Patients With Infectious Endocarditis
Gary S. Mintz, MD;
Morris N. Kotler, MD
Arch Intern Med. 1980;140(8):1022-1027.
Abstract
• 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.
(Arch Intern Med 140:1022-1027, 1980)
Author Affiliations
From the William Likoff Cardiovascular Institute, Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia.
Footnotes
Accepted for publication Oct 8, 1979.
Reprint requests to Cardiovascular Institute, Hahnemann Medical College, 230 Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19102 (Dr Mintz).
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