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==Overview==
==Overview==
There are no specific [[chest x-ray]] findings specific for the diagnosis of endocarditis. Non specific findings would include findings of [[congestive heart failure]].
On chest xray, right sided endocarditis is characterized by [[pleural effusion]]s, multiple round densities, and cavitary multilobar infiltrates.<ref name="pmid11830803">{{cite journal| author=Dhawan VK| title=Infective endocarditis in elderly patients. | journal=Clin Infect Dis | year= 2002 | volume= 34 | issue= 6 | pages= 806-12 | pmid=11830803 | doi=10.1086/339045 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=11830803  }} </ref>
==Chest xray==
On chest xray, right sided endocarditis is characterized by [[pleural effusion]]s, multiple round densities, and cavitary multilobar infiltrates.<ref name="pmid11830803">{{cite journal| author=Dhawan VK| title=Infective endocarditis in elderly patients. | journal=Clin Infect Dis | year= 2002 | volume= 34 | issue= 6 | pages= 806-12 | pmid=11830803 | doi=10.1086/339045 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=11830803  }} </ref>
 


==References==
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editors-in-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2] Maliha Shakil, M.D. [3]

Overview

On chest xray, right sided endocarditis is characterized by pleural effusions, multiple round densities, and cavitary multilobar infiltrates.[1]

Chest xray

On chest xray, right sided endocarditis is characterized by pleural effusions, multiple round densities, and cavitary multilobar infiltrates.[1]


  1. 1.0 1.1 Dhawan VK (2002). "Infective endocarditis in elderly patients". Clin Infect Dis. 34 (6): 806–12. doi:10.1086/339045. PMID 11830803.

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