Between 1987 and 1994, several studies demostrated transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) to be less sensitive than transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) in detecting native valve endocarditis. Recent technologic advances, especially the introduction of harmonic imaging and digital processing and storage, have improved TTE image quality. The aim of this study was to determine the diagnostic accuracy of contemporary TTE.
The potential impact of contemporary transthoracic echocardiography on the management of patients with native valve endocarditis : a comparison with transesophageal echocardiography / F. Casella, B. Rana, G. Casazza, A. Bhan, S. Kapetanakis, J. Omigie, J. Reiken, M.J. Monaghan. - In: ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY. - ISSN 0742-2822. - 26:8(2009 Sep), pp. 900-906.
The potential impact of contemporary transthoracic echocardiography on the management of patients with native valve endocarditis : a comparison with transesophageal echocardiography
G. Casazza;
2009
Abstract
Between 1987 and 1994, several studies demostrated transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) to be less sensitive than transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) in detecting native valve endocarditis. Recent technologic advances, especially the introduction of harmonic imaging and digital processing and storage, have improved TTE image quality. The aim of this study was to determine the diagnostic accuracy of contemporary TTE.
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