Repeated echocardiography after the diagnosis of endocarditis: too much of a good thing?

被引：5

作者：

Cabell, CH

Fowler, VG

机构：

[1] Duke Univ, Med Ctr, Sch Med, Dept Med, Durham, NC 27710 USA

[2] Duke Clin Res Inst, Durham, NC USA

来源：

HEART | 2004年 / 90卷 / 09期

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D O I：

10.1136/hrt.2003.031328

中图分类号：

R5 [内科学];

学科分类号：

1002 ; 100201 ;

摘要：

Although echocardiography is seen as the technology of choice for the diagnosis of infective endocarditis, it is being increasingly overused in clinical scenarios with a low pretest probability of disease.

引用

页码：975 / 976

页数：2

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