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==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=== | ===Other diagnostic tests=== | ||
''' | '''Echo-cardiogram''' | ||
*It is done to rule out lung abscess suspected secondary to septic embolism from right-sided (e.g., | *It is done to rule out lung abscess suspected secondary to septic embolism from right-sided (e.g., tri-cuspid valve) bacterial endocarditis.<ref name="pmid25953580">{{cite journal |vauthors=English N, Weston P |title=Multivalvular infective endocarditis in pregnancy presenting with septic pulmonary emboli |journal=BMJ Case Rep |volume=2015 |issue= |pages= |year=2015 |pmid=25953580 |doi=10.1136/bcr-2014-209131 |url=}}</ref> | ||
*It reveals | *It reveals vegetation's on the affected valve. | ||
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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
- ↑ 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.