Utility of Intracardiac Echocardiography to Diagnose Infective Endocarditis
Infective endocarditis (IE) can lead to significant morbidity and mortality without appropriate treatment. Modified Duke Criteria are accepted by many professional societies to establish the diagnosis of IE, and cardiac imaging is one of the major diagnostic criteria. Transesophageal echocardiograph...
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| author | Ying Chi Yang MD Thein Tun Aung MD, FACC Sarah Khan Abdul Wase MD, FACC, FACP, FHRS |
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| description | Infective endocarditis (IE) can lead to significant morbidity and mortality without appropriate treatment. Modified Duke Criteria are accepted by many professional societies to establish the diagnosis of IE, and cardiac imaging is one of the major diagnostic criteria. Transesophageal echocardiography is an algorithmic escalation to diagnose IE when transthoracic echo does not appreciate a positive finding. In patients with contraindications to transesophageal echocardiography, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, cardiac computed tomography (CT), cardiac CT angiography, and fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography with CT or CT angiography may be alternative diagnostic tools. However, these imaging modalities have their own limitations such as local unavailability, the presence of non–magnetic resonance imaging compatible implants, or impaired renal function. Intracardiac echocardiography could be a considerable alternative under those circumstances. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5812899f09c947d7a1ecfc6eacf36b032022-12-22T01:43:04ZengSAGE PublishingJournal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports2324-70962019-01-01710.1177/2324709618822075Utility of Intracardiac Echocardiography to Diagnose Infective EndocarditisYing Chi Yang MD0Thein Tun Aung MD, FACC1Sarah Khan2Abdul Wase MD, FACC, FACP, FHRS3University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, USAUniversity of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, USANorth East Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, OH, USAWright State University, Dayton, OH, USAInfective endocarditis (IE) can lead to significant morbidity and mortality without appropriate treatment. Modified Duke Criteria are accepted by many professional societies to establish the diagnosis of IE, and cardiac imaging is one of the major diagnostic criteria. Transesophageal echocardiography is an algorithmic escalation to diagnose IE when transthoracic echo does not appreciate a positive finding. In patients with contraindications to transesophageal echocardiography, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, cardiac computed tomography (CT), cardiac CT angiography, and fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography with CT or CT angiography may be alternative diagnostic tools. However, these imaging modalities have their own limitations such as local unavailability, the presence of non–magnetic resonance imaging compatible implants, or impaired renal function. Intracardiac echocardiography could be a considerable alternative under those circumstances.https://doi.org/10.1177/2324709618822075 |
| spellingShingle | Ying Chi Yang MD Thein Tun Aung MD, FACC Sarah Khan Abdul Wase MD, FACC, FACP, FHRS Utility of Intracardiac Echocardiography to Diagnose Infective Endocarditis Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports |
| title | Utility of Intracardiac Echocardiography to Diagnose Infective Endocarditis |
| title_full | Utility of Intracardiac Echocardiography to Diagnose Infective Endocarditis |
| title_fullStr | Utility of Intracardiac Echocardiography to Diagnose Infective Endocarditis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Utility of Intracardiac Echocardiography to Diagnose Infective Endocarditis |
| title_short | Utility of Intracardiac Echocardiography to Diagnose Infective Endocarditis |
| title_sort | utility of intracardiac echocardiography to diagnose infective endocarditis |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1177/2324709618822075 |
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