Vegetation and other common complications in patients with infective endocarditis by echocardiography
超声心动图对感染性心内膜炎患者的赘生物及其他常见并发症的研究

Objective To summarize and assess the value and deficiencies of echocardiography in diagnosis of vegetation and other common complications in patients with infective endocarditis.Methods A group of consecutive patients with surgical and pathologically diagnosed as infective endocarditis were analyzed from 2003 to 2008 at Fuwai hospital.The results of echocardiography and surgery,pathological tests were compared.Results There were 118 patients with infective endocarditis.Pathological vegetations or bacterial...