Multimodality Imaging Diagnosis in Infective Endocarditis

Autor: Elena Emilia Babes, Cristiana Bustea, Tiberia Ioana Ilias, Victor Vlad Babes, Silvia-Ana Luca, Constantin Tudor Luca, Andrei-Flavius Radu, Alexandra Georgiana Tarce, Alexa Florina Bungau, Cristian Bustea
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Life, Vol 14, Iss 1, p 54 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 14010054
2075-1729
DOI: 10.3390/life14010054
Popis: Imaging is an important tool in the diagnosis and management of infective endocarditis (IE). Echocardiography is an essential examination, especially in native valve endocarditis (NVE), but its diagnostic accuracy is reduced in prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE). The diagnostic ability is superior for transoesophageal echocardiography (TEE), but a negative test cannot exclude PVE. Both transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) and TEE can provide normal or inconclusive findings in up to 30% of cases, especially in patients with prosthetic devices. New advanced non-invasive imaging tests are increasingly used in the diagnosis of IE. Nuclear medicine imaging techniques have demonstrated their superiority over TEE for the diagnosis of PVE and cardiac implantable electronic device infective endocarditis (CIED-IE). Cardiac computed tomography angiography imaging is useful in PVE cases with inconclusive TTE and TEE investigations and for the evaluation of paravalvular complications. In the present review, imaging tools are described with their values and limitations for improving diagnosis in NVE, PVE and CIED-IE. Current knowledge about multimodality imaging approaches in IE and imaging methods to assess the local and distant complications of IE is also reviewed. Furthermore, a potential diagnostic work-up for different clinical scenarios is described. However, further studies are essential for refining diagnostic and management approaches in infective endocarditis, addressing limitations and optimizing advanced imaging techniques across different clinical scenarios.
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