An assessment of transesophageal echocardiography studies rated as rarely appropriate tests for infective endocarditis at an academic medical center
Amuchastegui T, Hur DJ, Fillipon N, Eder MD, Bonomo JA, Kim Y, McNamara RL, Malinis M, Sugeng L. An assessment of transesophageal echocardiography studies rated as rarely appropriate tests for infective endocarditis at an academic medical center. Echocardiography 2019, 36: 2070-2077. PMID: 31705577, DOI: 10.1111/echo.14525.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAppropriate use criteriaTransesophageal echocardiographyAcademic medical centerInfective endocarditisMedical CenterTertiary academic medical centerComplex infectious processTransesophageal echocardiography studyRetrospective chart reviewInfectious disease specialistsElectronic medical chartsTEE findingsChart reviewRetrospective cohortDuke criteriaMedical chartsDisease specialistsEchocardiography studyRetrospective studyPhysical examinationEndocardial involvementID specialistsBlood culturesInfectious processTEE useMultimodality Imaging in the Diagnosis of Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis: A Brief Review
Eder MD, Upadhyaya K, Park J, Ringer M, Malinis M, Young BD, Sugeng L, Hur DJ. Multimodality Imaging in the Diagnosis of Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis: A Brief Review. Frontiers In Cardiovascular Medicine 2021, 8: 750573. PMID: 34988125, PMCID: PMC8720921, DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2021.750573.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsCardiac magnetic resonance imagingInfective endocarditisF-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomographyProsthetic valve endocarditisHigh mortality rateMagnetic resonance imagingPositron emission tomographyValve endocarditisDuke criteriaLeukocyte scintigraphyStandard workupTreatable conditionEchocardiographic dataTomographic angiographyModality strategiesMortality rateResonance imagingEmission tomographyEndocarditisDiagnostic accuracyFurther studiesFormal guidelinesWorkupClinical vignettesDiagnosis