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==Overview==
==Overview==


 
There are no [[echocardiographic]] findings associated with [[Whipple's disease]]. However, an [[echocardiography]] may be helpful in the diagnosis of [[cardiac]] complications in [[Whipple's disease]].
 
There are no echocardiography  findings associated with [[Whipple's disease]]. However, an echocardiography may be helpful in the diagnosis of cardiac complications in [[Whipple's disease]].


==Echocardiography/Ultrasound==
==Echocardiography/Ultrasound==
 
* There are no echocardiography  findings associated with [[Whipple's disease]]. However, an [[echocardiography]] may be helpful in the diagnosis of cardiac complications in Whipple's disease, which include:<ref name="HansenMereles2008">{{cite journal|last1=Hansen|first1=Alexander|last2=Mereles|first2=Derliz|title=Cardiac complications in Whipple's disease|journal=European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging|volume=9|issue=3|year=2008|pages=426–427|issn=2047-2412|doi=10.1093/ejechocard/jen022}}</ref><ref name="DutlyAltwegg2001">{{cite journal|last1=Dutly|first1=F.|last2=Altwegg|first2=M.|title=Whipple's Disease and "Tropheryma whippelii"|journal=Clinical Microbiology Reviews|volume=14|issue=3|year=2001|pages=561–583|issn=0893-8512|doi=10.1128/CMR.14.3.561-583.2001}}</ref>
 
**[[Myocardial]] [[hypertrophy]]
*There are no echocardiography  findings associated with [[Whipple's disease]]. However, an [[echocardiography]] may be helpful in the diagnosis of cardiac complications in [Whipple's disease]. which include:  
**[[Endocardial]] and intramyocardial [[echogenic]] infiltrations in the [[heart]]
**[[myocardial hypertrophy]] <ref name="HansenMereles2008">{{cite journal|last1=Hansen|first1=Alexander|last2=Mereles|first2=Derliz|title=Cardiac complications in Whipple's disease|journal=European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging|volume=9|issue=3|year=2008|pages=426–427|issn=2047-2412|doi=10.1093/ejechocard/jen022}}</ref>
**endocardial and intramyocardial echogenic infiltrations in heart <ref name="HansenMereles2008">{{cite journal|last1=Hansen|first1=Alexander|last2=Mereles|first2=Derliz|title=Cardiac complications in Whipple's disease|journal=European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging|volume=9|issue=3|year=2008|pages=426–427|issn=2047-2412|doi=10.1093/ejechocard/jen022}}</ref>
**[[infectious endocarditis]] <ref name="DutlyAltwegg2001">{{cite journal|last1=Dutly|first1=F.|last2=Altwegg|first2=M.|title=Whipple's Disease and "Tropheryma whippelii"|journal=Clinical Microbiology Reviews|volume=14|issue=3|year=2001|pages=561–583|issn=0893-8512|doi=10.1128/CMR.14.3.561-583.2001}}</ref>
 


==References==
==References==

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Bhagyashree Deshmankar M.B.B.S.[2]

Overview

There are no echocardiographic findings associated with Whipple's disease. However, an echocardiography may be helpful in the diagnosis of cardiac complications in Whipple's disease.

Echocardiography/Ultrasound

References

  1. Hansen, Alexander; Mereles, Derliz (2008). "Cardiac complications in Whipple's disease". European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging. 9 (3): 426–427. doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen022. ISSN 2047-2412.
  2. Dutly, F.; Altwegg, M. (2001). "Whipple's Disease and "Tropheryma whippelii"". Clinical Microbiology Reviews. 14 (3): 561–583. doi:10.1128/CMR.14.3.561-583.2001. ISSN 0893-8512.

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