Restricted Use of Echocardiography in Suspected Endocarditis during COVID-19 Lockdown: A Multidisciplinary Team Approach.
Adam HartleyAhmed El-SayedAula AbbaraJamie HendersonAnan GhazyFrances DaviesJames R PricePrakash P PunjabiJon AndersonRoberto CasulaHafiz NaderiPerviz AsariaNilesh SutariaIqbal S MalikPunam A PabariBushra S RanaPublished in: Cardiology research and practice (2021)
Limiting echocardiography in patients with a low pretest probability (not probable or definite IE according to the Modified Duke Criteria) did not affect the diagnostic ability of the Modified Duke Criteria to rule out IE in this small study. Moreover, restricting nonessential echocardiography, and importantly TOE, in patients with suspected IE through use of the ET did not impact all-cause mortality.