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Complementary Role of MRI in Infectious Endocarditis
Author(s) -
VILACOSTA ISIDRE,
GÓMEZ JORGE
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1995.tb00861.x
Subject(s) - endocarditis , magnetic resonance imaging , medicine , infective endocarditis , cardiac magnetic resonance , radiology , cardiac magnetic resonance imaging , cardiology
The usefulness of magnetic resonance for imaging of cardiac structures is well established. In this study, we evaluated the role of this technique in the diagnosis of perivalvular extension of infectious endocarditis. Our initial experience and the few case reports in the literature show that magnetic resonance imaging can complement echocardiography in the assessment of periannular extension of infectious endocarditis.