Clinical ResearchCardiac ImagingMultislice Computed Tomography in Infective Endocarditis: Comparison With Transesophageal Echocardiography and Intraoperative Findings
Cardiac Imaging
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Key Words
64-slice computed tomography
CT
MSCT
valvular disease
infective endocarditis
cardiac surgery
Abbreviations and Acronyms
CI
confidence intervals
CT
computed tomography
IE
infective endocarditis
NPV
negative predictive value
PPV
positive predictive value
RCA
right coronary artery
TEE
transesophageal echocardiography
TTE
transthoracic echocardiography
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This research was supported by the National Center of Competence in Research, Computer Aided and Image Guided Medical Interventions of the Swiss National Science Foundation.
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