Comparison of M-mode and cross-sectional echocardiography in infective endocarditis.
Cross-sectional and M-mode echocardiograms were performed on 23 consecutive patients with infective endocarditis. Both M-mode and cross-sectional echocardiography identified vegetations in 18 patients, 10 of whom required valve replacement within 1 month of presentation. Cross-sectional echocardiography alone identified a vegetation in one patient with a prosthetic valve. Neither technique identified vegetations in five instances. The size and shape of a vegetation on cross-sectional echocardiography did not accurately predict the need for early valve replacement of the incidence of major peripheral emboli.
D000328:Adult; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000473:pathology; D004452:Echocardiography; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000473:pathology; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000473:pathology