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Lung abscess other diagnostic studies
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Echo-cardiogram is one of the important diagnostic tests that play a crucial role in ruling out infective endocarditis as the cause of lung abscess.
Other diagnostic tests
Echo-cardiogram
- It is done to rule out lung abscess suspected secondary to septic embolism from right-sided (e.g., tri-cuspid valve) bacterial endocarditis.[1]
- It reveals vegetation’s on the affected valve.
Reference
Reference
- ↑ English N, Weston P (2015). “Multivalvular infective endocarditis in pregnancy presenting with septic pulmonary emboli”. BMJ Case Rep. 2015. doi:10.1136/bcr-2014-209131. PMID 25953580.
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