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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ahmed Zaghw, M.D. [2]
Other Tests
The following tests should be tailored according to the patient symptoms and signs.
Abdominal CT
Brain MRI / MRA[1]
MRI can be used to detect the acute septic embolization in acute infective endocaditis, which can affect the management plan.[2] Also both brain MRI/MRA or brain CT/CTA can provide sufficient information to identify and monitor intracranial aneurysms.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Baddour, LM.; Wilson, WR.; Bayer, AS.; Fowler, VG.; Bolger, AF.; Levison, ME.; Ferrieri, P.; Gerber, MA.; Tani, LY. (2005). "Infective endocarditis: diagnosis, antimicrobial therapy, and management of complications: a statement for healthcare professionals from the Committee on Rheumatic Fever, Endocarditis, and Kawasaki Disease, Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young, and the Councils on Clinical Cardiology, Stroke, and Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia, American Heart Association: endorsed by the Infectious Diseases Society of America". Circulation. 111 (23): e394–434. doi:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.105.165564. PMID 15956145. Unknown parameter
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ignored (help) - ↑ Duval, X.; Iung, B.; Klein, I.; Brochet, E.; Thabut, G.; Arnoult, F.; Lepage, L.; Laissy, JP.; Wolff, M. (2010). "Effect of early cerebral magnetic resonance imaging on clinical decisions in infective endocarditis: a prospective study". Ann Intern Med. 152 (8): 497–504, W175. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-152-8-201004200-00006. PMID 20404380. Unknown parameter
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