The utility of cardiac MRI in diagnosis of infective endocarditis: preliminary results

• Published in: Diagnostic and interventional radiology (Ankara, Turkey) Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 28 - 33
• Main Authors: Dursun, Memduh, Yılmaz, Sabri, Yılmaz, Erdem, Yılmaz, Ravza, Onur, İmran, Oflaz, Hüseyin, Dindar, Aygün
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Turkey Aves Yayincilik Ltd. STI 01.01.2015; Turkish Society of Radiology; Galenos Publishing House
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Cardiovascular Imaging; Child; Child, Preschool; Echocardiography - methods; Endocarditis, Bacterial - diagnosis; Endocarditis, Bacterial - diagnostic imaging; Female; Heart - diagnostic imaging; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods; Male; Middle Aged; Young Adult

We aimed to evaluate the utility of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for the diagnosis of infective endocarditis (IE). Sixteen patients with a preliminary diagnosis of IE (10 women and six men; age range, 4-66 years) were referred for cardiac MRI. MRI sequences were as follows: echo-planar c...