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Use of the Valve Visualization on Echocardiography Grade Tool Improves Sensitivity and Negative Predictive Value of Transthoracic Echocardiogram for Exclusion of Native Valvular Vegetation |
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| Authors: | Katherine Connolly Geraldine Ong Michael Kuhlmann Edwin Ho Kevin Levitt Husam Abdel-Qadir Jeremy Edwards Chi-Ming Chow Mohammed-Salah Annabi Ezequiel Guzzetti Erwan Salaun Philippe Pibarot Idan Roifman Howard Leong-Poi Kim A Connelly |
| Institution: | 1. Department of Cardiology, St. Michael''s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;2. Department of Cardiology, Michael Garron Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;3. Department of Cardiology, Women''s College Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;4. Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec/Quebec Heart and Lung Institute, Québec City, Québec, Canada;5. Department of Cardiology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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| Keywords: | Reprint requests: Dr Kim A Connelly MBBS PhD 30 Bond Street Room 7-052 Toronto Ontario M5B 1W8 Canada Echocardiography Endocarditis Vegetation(s) Sensitivity Specificity IE Infective endocarditis NPV Negative predictive value PPV Positive predictive value TEE Transesophageal echocardiography TTE Transthoracic echocardiography VEG Valve Visualization on Echocardiography Grade |
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