title: Advantage of transesophageal over transthoracic echocardiography in the diagnosis of mitral valve endocarditis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville 22908.
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Lubanski
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Lake
mesh_terms: D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler / Q000379:methods; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004947:Esophagus; D005260:Female; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*