Sensitivity of transthoracic versus transesophageal echocardiography for the detection of native valve vegetations in the modern era

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 67-70

  Reynolds, Harmony R ^b   Jagen, Michael A ^b   Tunick, Paul A ^b   Kronzon, Itzhak ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOCARDITIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; AORTA VALVE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; PATHOLOGY; TRICUSPID VALVE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ENDOCARDITIS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; NEW YORK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRICUSPID VALVE;

EID: 0037267223     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mje.2003.43     Document Type: Article

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