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7795373

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-8-3
pubmed:abstractText
Echocardiography is currently the method of choice for the diagnosis of endocarditis-associated vegetations or complications such as abscess formation. Thereby, the transesophageal approach (TEE) is clearly superior to precardial echocardiography and, at present, biplane TEE can be considered as the standard TEE technique. Compared with the monoplane technique, biplane TEE provides additional qualitative and quantitative information concerning the presence and amount of valvular destruction. Multiplane TEE facilitates (and abbreviates) the examination procedure, and may be helpful for easier detection of small initial abnormalities, those developing on native valves with preexisting lesions, or on prosthetic valves. It allows more accurate measurements and three-dimensional reconstruction of vegetations and abscess areas and provides more anatomical details of the disease. However, it remains to be shown by future studies if multiplane TEE will identify endocarditis-associated lesions more frequently than the biplane technique doses.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0887-7971
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
9
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
100-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Evaluation of endocarditis and its complications by biplane and multiplane transesophageal echocardiography.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Internal Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review