Diagnostic Accuracy of Transthoracic Echocardiography for Infective Endocarditis Findings Using Transesophageal Echocardiography as the Reference Standard: A Meta-Analysis.

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Echocardiography is important for the diagnosis of infective endocarditis (IE), for which transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is superior to transthoracic echocardiography (TTE).

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): J Am Soc Echocardiogr

Title: Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography

Publisher: Elsevier BV

ISSN (Electronic): 1097-6795

ISSN (Print): 0894-7317

Publication date (Electronic): May 05 2017

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[1 ] Department of Medicine, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

[2 ] Sinai Health System, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

[3 ] Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

[4 ] Sinai Health System, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

[5 ] Women's College Hospital Institute for Health Systems Solutions and Virtual Care, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

[6 ] Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

[7 ] Sinai Health System, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

[8 ] Sinai Health System, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Electronic address: andrew.morris@sinaihealthsystem.ca.

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Publisher Item ID: S0894-7317(17)30185-2

DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2017.03.007

PubMed ID: 28483353

SO-VID: d4eab88d-6e0b-4a68-894e-950b33cbb138

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Keywords: Diagnostic accuracy,Echocardiography,Infective endocarditis,Meta-analysis

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Keywords: Diagnostic accuracy, Echocardiography, Infective endocarditis, Meta-analysis

Diagnostic Accuracy of Transthoracic Echocardiography for Infective Endocarditis Findings Using Transesophageal Echocardiography as the Reference Standard: A Meta-Analysis.

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