Bhatnagar S K, Al-Yusuf A R, Shuhaiber H J
Cor Vasa. 1980;22(6):437-44.
Two cases of infective endocarditis are reported. In both, vegetations on the cardiac valves characteristic of endocarditis were documented by echocardiography and confirmed at surgery in one of them. The various features of vegetative endocarditis on the echocardiogram are described. Differentiation of these echoes from those produced by other morbid states is discussed. Echocardiography is considered a useful non-invasive technique in the diagnosis of infective endocarditis. Cardiac surgery is usually found to be necessary in addition to medical therapy, when echoes characteristic of vegetative endocarditis are recorded by echocardiography.
报告了两例感染性心内膜炎病例。在这两例中，超声心动图记录到了心内膜炎特征性的心脏瓣膜赘生物，其中一例在手术中得到证实。描述了超声心动图上赘生性心内膜炎的各种特征。讨论了将这些回声与其他病态产生的回声进行鉴别。超声心动图被认为是诊断感染性心内膜炎的一种有用的非侵入性技术。当超声心动图记录到赘生性心内膜炎的特征性回声时，除药物治疗外，通常还需要进行心脏手术。
