Real-World Diagnostic Performance of Repeat Transthoracic Echocardiography Within a Multimodality Imaging Approach in Patients With Suspected Infective Endocarditis.
BACKGROUND Echocardiography is central to the diagnosis of infective endocarditis (IE). Although guidelines recommend repeating echocardiography when clinical suspicion persists despite negative or inconclusive findings, the diagnostic value of repeating transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) remains uncertain. The aim w...