Utility of Intracardiac Echocardiography to Diagnose Infective Endocarditis

Ying Chi Yang; Thein Tun Aung; Sarah Khan; Abdul Wase

doi:10.1177/2324709618822075

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Utility of Intracardiac Echocardiography to Diagnose Infective Endocarditis

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Utility of Intracardiac Echocardiography to Diagnose Infective Endocarditis

Ying Chi Yang, Thein Tun Aung, Sarah Khan and Abdul Wase

JIM - high impact case reports, Vol.7, pp.2324709618822075-2324709618822075

01/2019

DOI: 10.1177/2324709618822075

PMCID: PMC6350115

PMID: 30791720

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Abstract

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.

infective endocarditis

Case Report

intracardiac echography

prosthetic valve

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Title: Subtitle: Utility of Intracardiac Echocardiography to Diagnose Infective Endocarditis
Creators: Ying Chi Yang - University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, USA
Thein Tun Aung - University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA, USA
Sarah Khan - North East Ohio Medical University, Rootstown, OH, USA
Abdul Wase - Wright State University, Dayton, OH, USA
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: JIM - high impact case reports, Vol.7, pp.2324709618822075-2324709618822075
DOI: 10.1177/2324709618822075
PMID: 30791720
PMCID: PMC6350115
NLM abbreviation: J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep
ISSN: 2324-7096
eISSN: 2324-7096
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Language: English
Date published: 01/2019
Academic Unit: General Internal Medicine; Internal Medicine
Record Identifier: 9984094341902771

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