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Comparative Value of Cardiac CT and Transesophageal Echocardiography in Infective Endocarditis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To assess the comparative diagnostic accuracy of cardiac CT and transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) in the detection of valvular and perivalvular complications in infective endocarditis.

Materials and methods

PubMed and Embase databases were systematically searched until July 2019 for original articles published in English. Studies were included if (a) they used CT and/or TEE as an index test, (b) data were provided as infective endocarditis valvular complications (classified as abscess or pseudoaneurysm, vegetation, leaflet perforation, and paravalvular leakage), and (c) they used surgical findings as the reference standard.

Results

Eight studies fulfilled the inclusion criteria. The sensitivity was higher for CT than TEE for abscess or pseudoaneurysm detection, 78% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 70%, 85%) (112 of 142) versus 69% (95% CI: 62%, 76%) (94 of 135) (P = .052) and increased to 87% (95% CI: 78%, 93%) (70 of 79) when restricted to multiphase CT studies, the difference being significant (P = .04). The sensitivity was significantly higher for TEE than CT for vegetation detection, 94% (95% CI: 92%, 96%) (363 of 383) versus 64% (95% CI: 57%, 70%) (151 of 237) (P < .001) and leaflet perforation detection, 81% (95% CI: 71%, 88%) (74 of 91) versus 41% (95% CI: 25%, 59%) (14 of 35) (P = .02).The sensitivity for paravalvular leakage was 69% (95% CI: 58%, 79%) (56 of 80) versus 44% (95% CI: 30%, 59%) (21 of 48) for TEE and CT, respectively (P = .27).

Conclusion

CT performs better than TEE in the detection of abscess or pseudoaneurysm whereas TEE gives superior results for vegetation detection, leaflet perforation, and paravalvular leakage.Supplemental material is available for this article.© RSNA, 2020.

SUBMITTER: Oliveira M

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7977865 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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