Comparative Value of Cardiac CT and Transesophageal Echocardiography in Infective Endocarditis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To assess the comparative diagnostic accuracy of cardiac CT and transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) in the detection of valvular and perivalvular complications in infective endocarditis.

Materials and methods

PubMed and Embase databases were systematically searched until July 2019 for original articles published in English. Studies were included if (a) they used CT and/or TEE as an index test, (b) data were provided as infective endocarditis valvular complications (classified as abscess or pseudoaneurysm, vegetation, leaflet perforation, and paravalvular leakage), and (c) they used surgical findings as the reference standard.

Results

Eight studies fulfilled the inclusion criteria. The sensitivity was higher for CT than TEE for abscess o

SUBMITTER: Oliveira M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7977865 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature