Abstract
Echocardiography is a most useful bedside tool to help in the diagnosis and subsequent management of patients with infective endocarditis. Transesophageal echocardiography provides complementary and often incremental information necessary in making a diagnosis, and in identifying associated intracardiac complications. This chapter will focus on the role of echocardiography in the diagnosis and management of infective endocarditis.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | S384-S391 |
Journal | Critical care medicine |
Volume | 35 |
Issue number | 8 SUPPL. |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 2007 |
Keywords
- Endocarditis
- M-mode echocardiography
- Surgical complications
- Transesophageal echocardiography
- Transthoracic echocardiography
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine