Vegetation biopsy using transesophageal echocardiography guidance: a technique to aid in diagnosis of culture-negative endocarditis

E V Colvin; Y R Lau; T E Samdarshi

doi:10.1002/(SICI)1097-0304(199602)37:2<215::AID-CCD25>3.0.CO;2-H

Vegetation biopsy using transesophageal echocardiography guidance: a technique to aid in diagnosis of culture-negative endocarditis

Cathet Cardiovasc Diagn. 1996 Feb;37(2):215-7. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0304(199602)37:2<215::AID-CCD25>3.0.CO;2-H.

Authors

E V Colvin¹, Y R Lau, T E Samdarshi

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama at Birmingham 35294-0007, USA.

PMID: 8808086
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0304(199602)37:2<215::AID-CCD25>3.0.CO;2-H

Abstract

A method of obtaining a vegetation sample in a culture-negative endocarditis is described. A combination of fluoroscopy and transesophageal echocardiography was utilized to obtain the sample. The results positively influenced the diagnosis and treatment in this 16-yr-old male with complex congenital heart disease.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Biopsy / methods*
Echocardiography, Transesophageal*
Endocarditis / diagnosis*
Endocarditis / etiology
Humans
Male