Value of cardiac computed tomography angiography in pre-operative assessment of infective endocarditis
Abstract Background Substantial development of cardiac computed tomography angiography (CTA) technology in the last decade has commanded to increase usage of this modality for assessing infective endocarditis (IE). The objective of this study is to evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of preoper...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-03-01
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Series: | Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13019-019-0880-4 |