ACR appropriateness criteria infective endocarditis
J. Am. Coll. Radiol; 18 (supl. 5), 2021
Infective endocarditis can involve a normal, abnormal, or prosthetic cardiac valve. The diagnosis is typically made clinically with persistently positive blood cultures, characteristic signs and symptoms, and echocardiographic evidence of valvular vegetations or valvular complications such as abscess, de...