Swedish guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of infective endocarditis recommend overuse of transoesophageal echocardiography.
Echocardiography has a vital role for diagnosing and monitoring infectious endocarditis. The recently published Swedish guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of infectious endocarditis recommend overuse of transoesophageal echocardiography, which is not supported by the literature. The European Society of Cardiology presents a considerably more appropriate opinion.
Dencker
Magnus
M
Roijer
Anders
A
D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006351:Heart Valves / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013548:Sweden