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===Other diagnostic tests===
===Other diagnostic tests===
'''Echocardiogram'''
'''Echocardiogram'''

Revision as of 14:08, 6 February 2017

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Other diagnostic tests

Echocardiogram

  • It is done to rule out lung abscess suspected secondary to septic embolism from right-sided (e.g., tricuspid valve) bacterial endocarditis.
  • It reveals vegetations on the affected valve.

Rapid ELISA for D-dimer and V/Q scan

  • It is done in patients when lung abscess is secondary to infection of an infarct-related pulmonary embolus.
  • D-dimer is elevated in pulmonary embolism, care must be taken to consider other conditions associated with elevated d dimer.
  • V/Q mismatch is seen in seen in patients with PE

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