Vegetation Size in Patients with Infective Endocarditis: Does Size Matter?

J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2022 Jun;35(6):576-578. doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2022.02.007. Epub 2022 Feb 24.

Authors

Molly L Paras¹, Arminder S Jassar²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: mparas@mgh.harvard.edu.
² Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

PMID: 35219835
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2022.02.007

No abstract available

Keywords: Infective endocarditis; Surgical intervention decision-making.

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Endocarditis* / diagnosis
Endocarditis* / diagnostic imaging
Endocarditis, Bacterial* / diagnosis
Endocarditis, Bacterial* / diagnostic imaging
Humans