Eyes wide shut: A cohort study questioning the role of fundoscopy in infective endocarditis diagnosis.
Elisavet StavropoulouBenoit GueryGeorge TzimasYan Guex-CrosierFlorence HoogewoudPiergiorgio TozziMatthias KirschPierre MonneyMatthaios Papadimitriou-OlivgerisPublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2024)
This retro/prospective study aimed to assess the role of fundoscopy in 711 episodes with suspected infective endocarditis; 238 (33%) had infective endocarditis. 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 infective endocarditis diagnosis.