Transthoracic Echocardiogram (TTE) This is the most common type, in which a transducer (a handheld device) is placed on your chest to send and receive sound waves that create images of your heart.

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 ...