[Echocardiography in infectious endocarditis].
The effectiveness of echocardiography was evaluated in 36 cases of anatomically documented infective endocarditis during the period 1972 to 1976. Valvular vegetations were found in 47% and destructions in 58% of this group. Echocardiography is a valuable tool in the certification of clinically suspected infective endocarditis and in the delineation of a subgroup of patients with valvular vegetations and destruction of aortic and mitral valve leaflets. Echocardiography may therefore play a decisive role in the selection of patients for surgical intervention despite active infection.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery; D004452:Echocardiography; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery
Die Echokardiographie bei infektiöser Endokarditis.