Mintz G S, Kotler M N
Arch Intern Med. 1980 Aug;140(8):1022-7.
The echocardiographic laboratory is frequently requested to "rule out" endocarditis. The sensitivity of echocardiography in detecting vegetations has been well studied; the specificity is not known, but few false-positive studies have been reported, and the clinical implications of the study are controversial. This review summarizes the state of the art of the echocardiographic evaluation of patients with suspected clinical endocarditis.
超声心动图实验室经常被要求“排除”心内膜炎。超声心动图检测赘生物的敏感性已得到充分研究；其特异性尚不清楚，但很少有假阳性研究报道，且该检查的临床意义存在争议。本综述总结了疑似临床心内膜炎患者超声心动图评估的现状。
