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CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of endocarditis. CT scan findings suggestive of endocarditis include vegetations, paravalvular abscesses, and [[pseudoaneurysm]]s.<ref name="pmid19179202">{{cite journal| author=Feuchtner GM, Stolzmann P, Dichtl W, Schertler T, Bonatti J, Scheffel H et al.| title=Multislice computed tomography in infective endocarditis: comparison with transesophageal echocardiography and intraoperative findings. | journal=J Am Coll Cardiol | year= 2009 | volume= 53 | issue= 5 | pages= 436-44 | pmid=19179202 | doi=10.1016/j.jacc.2008.01.077 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=19179202 }} </ref> | |||
==CT== | ==CT== | ||
CT scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of endocarditis. CT scan findings suggestive of endocarditis include vegetations, paravalvular abscesses, and [[pseudoaneurysm]]s.<ref name="pmid19179202">{{cite journal| author=Feuchtner GM, Stolzmann P, Dichtl W, Schertler T, Bonatti J, Scheffel H et al.| title=Multislice computed tomography in infective endocarditis: comparison with transesophageal echocardiography and intraoperative findings. | journal=J Am Coll Cardiol | year= 2009 | volume= 53 | issue= 5 | pages= 436-44 | pmid=19179202 | doi=10.1016/j.jacc.2008.01.077 | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=19179202 }} </ref> | |||
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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
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 scan may be helpful in the diagnosis of endocarditis. CT scan findings suggestive of endocarditis include vegetations, paravalvular abscesses, and pseudoaneurysms.[1]
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.