Eyes Wide Shut: A Cohort Study Questioning the Role of Fundoscopy in Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis.
Elisavet StavropoulouBenoit GueryGeorgios TzimasYan Guex-CrosierFlorence HoogewoudPiergiorgio TozziMatthias KirschPierre MonneyMatthaios Papadimitriou-OlivgerisPublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2024)
In this retrospective/prospective study, we assessed the role of fundoscopy in 711 episodes with suspected infective endocarditis (IE); 238 (33%) had IE. Ocular embolic events (retinal emboli or chorioretinitis/endophthalmitis) and Roth spots were found in 37 (5%) and 34 (5%) episodes, respectively, but had no impact on IE diagnosis.