aureus. These help to identify if treatment is working, as well as help identify severity of the disease (multiple positive blood cultures over a period of time may indicate endocarditis, for example) ...
Transthoracic echocardiogram has low sensitivity and, if negative, should be followed by TEE to exclude endocarditis. Not all cases of non-HACEK Gram-negative bacterial endocarditis necessarily ...
Rapid atrial pacing echocardiography is a safe test. It may be considered in a select group of elderly patients as an alternative to exercise or pharmacologic tests before resorting to coronary ...
MR can be diagnosed with imaging studies like transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE) and procedures like electrocardiogram (EEG). Asymptomatic MR is usually not treated but is instead regularly monitored ...
Symptoms and signs of thromboangiitis obliterans (TAO) include superficial thrombophlebitis, Raynaud phenomenon, and distal extremity ischemia (foot or calf claudication or both; rest pain; dry or wet ...