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Endocarditis ct
Introduction
Overview
Overview
CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of endocarditis. CT scan findings suggestive of endocarditis include vegetations, paravalvular abscesses, and pseudoaneurysms.[1]
CT
CT
CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of endocarditis. CT scan findings suggestive of endocarditis include vegetations, paravalvular abscesses, and pseudoaneurysms.[1]
References
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Feuchtner GM, Stolzmann P, Dichtl W, Schertler T, Bonatti J, Scheffel H; et al. (2009). “Multislice computed tomography in infective endocarditis: comparison with transesophageal echocardiography and intraoperative findings”. J Am Coll Cardiol. 53 (5): 436–44. doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2008.01.077. PMID 19179202.
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