ArticleCardiovascular diagnosis and therapy2018
Role of preoperative cardiac CT in the evaluation of infective endocarditis: comparison with transesophageal echocardiography and surgical findings.
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- The diagnostic value of additional ECG-gated CT for the diagnosis of aortic valve endocarditis with aortic root abscesses and pseudoaneurysms: A comparison with transoesophageal echocardiography and intraoperative findings.The international journal of cardiovascular imaging · 2026Article
- Current Management of Infective Endocarditis: A Narrative Review Focused on Unmet Clinical Needs and the Multidisciplinary Approach.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2026Review
- "Triple threat endocarditis: a perfect storm of severe aortic regurgitation complicated by pseudoaneurysm, gerbode defect, and right atrial vegetation".The international journal of cardiovascular imaging · 2025Article
- Imaging in Infective Endocarditis-Current Opinions and Trends in Cardiac Computed Tomography.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Computed Tomography in Infectious Endocarditis.Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions · 2024Review
- Cardiac computed tomography in infective endocarditis: "bridging the detection gap".Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2024Review
- Multimodality Imaging Diagnosis in Infective Endocarditis.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Current Views on Infective Endocarditis: Changing Epidemiology, Improving Diagnostic Tools and Centering the Patient for Up-to-Date Management.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Expanding utility of cardiac computed tomography in infective endocarditis: A contemporary review.World journal of radiology · 2022Review
- Native valve, prosthetic valve, and cardiac device-related infective endocarditis: A review and update on current innovative diagnostic and therapeutic strategies.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2022Review
- Should We Quantify Valvular Calcifications on Cardiac CT in Patients with Infective Endocarditis?Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Multimodality imaging in the diagnosis and management of prosthetic valve endocarditis: A contemporary narrative review.World journal of cardiology · 2021Review
- Role of Cardiac CT in Infective Endocarditis: Current Evidence, Opportunities, and Challenges.Radiology. Cardiothoracic imaging · 2021Article
- Endocarditis in Patients with Aortic Valve Prosthesis: Comparison between Surgical and Transcatheter Prosthesis.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Repeat transesophageal echocardiography in infective endocarditis: An analysis of contemporary utilization.Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) · 2020Article
- The role of cardiac imaging in the management of non-ischemic cardiovascular diseases in human immunodeficiency virus infection.Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology · 2020Article
- Comparative Value of Cardiac CT and Transesophageal Echocardiography in Infective Endocarditis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Radiology. Cardiothoracic imaging · 2020Article
- Complementary role of cardiac computed tomography angiography in the diagnosis of prosthetic aortic valve endocarditis and septic coronary embolism - a case report.Journal of radiology case reports · 2019Article
- Severe aortic regurgitation masked as sepsis-induced ARDS in a patient withBMJ case reports · 2018Article
- Comparing the diagnostic accuracy of computed tomography vs transoesophageal echocardiography for infective endocarditis - A meta-analysis.Pakistan journal of medical sciencesReview
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Abstract
backgroundSignificant improvement of computed tomography (CT) technology in the last decade has led to more use of this modality for evaluating infective endocarditis (IE) especially since the introduction of high resolution electrocardiogram (ECG) synchronized multiphasic (4D) acquisition. While there are a number of reports on the accuracy and value of 4D CT for evaluation of IE, there is no published data regarding the performance of single-phase ECG gated CT for assessment of IE. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of preoperative single-phase ECG-gated CT imaging versus transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) in the assessment of complications related to IE, with comparison to surgical findings.
methodsAmong 899 patients with surgically proven IE in our database, 122 underwent contrast-enhanced ECG cardiac CT and were included in the study; 84 of these patients also underwent TEE.
resultsOverall, there was no significant difference between CT and TEE in the identification of pseudoaneurysm/abscess and dehiscence. For the detection of pseudoaneurysm/abscess in prosthetic valves, CT demonstrated higher sensitivity (81%
conclusionsPreoperative single-phase gated CT can be seen as complementary to TEE in assessing complications of suspected IE or may be substituted for TEE when vegetation or dehiscence is depicted on transthoracic echocardiography and the patient has a contraindication to TEE.
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