INCREMENTAL VALUE OF BIPLANE AND MULTIPLANE TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF ACTIVE INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS

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JOB, FP
FRANKE, S
LETHEN, H
FLACHSKAMPF, FA
HANRATH, P
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[1] Medical Clinic I, Rheinisch Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen, Aachen
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10.1016/S0002-9149(99)80719-X
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
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In 41 patients with clinical evidence of active infective endocarditis, transesophageal echocardiography was performed in a stepwise manner, starting with evaluation of the monoplane views, followed by the longitudinal plane, and finally by the intermediate planes. Number, location, length, area, density, extent, and mobility of vegetations and abscesses were assessed in the monoplane, biplane, and best intermediate planes to identify and quantify the incremental value of the longitudinal and intermediate planes. Eighty-three vegetations and 6 abscesses were found. In 4 patients (10%) monoplane evaluation yielded false-negative results. There were no false-negative results using the biplane evaluation. However, when compared with multiplane evaluation, additional vegetations were missed in 23% of patients after monoplane and in 9% of patients after biplane evaluation. Three abscesses were missed using the monoplane and 1 was missed using the biplane technique. The area was underestimated in 60% of all vegetations (mean underestimation, 37% +/- 23% [SD] of maximal area) and length in 49% of cases (mean underestimation, 38% +/- 23% [SD] of maximal length) of ail vegetations when biplane was compared with multiplane evaluation. Also, with monoplane and biplane evaluation, mobility and density were misinterpreted in 6% and 5% and 17% and 9% of all vegetations, respectively. Thus, multiplane transesophageal echocardiography is more accurate than the monoplane and biplane techniques in assessing patients with active infective endocarditis.
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