title: Multimodality cardiac imaging of infective endocarditis.
abstract: Multimodality cardiac imaging is useful for the non-invasive characterization of infective endocarditis and its complications prior to surgical intervention.
authors.affiliation: aSection of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine bDepartment of Radiology cInstitute of Cardiovascular Sciences, St. Boniface Research Centre dSection of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
authors.forename: Erin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Karlstedt
authors.forename: Davinder S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Jassal
authors.forename: Iain D C
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Kirkpatrick
authors.forename: Darren
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Freed
authors.forename: Colette M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Seifer
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001022:Aortic Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000382:microbiology; D004452:Echocardiography; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D034361:Streptococcus mitis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed