Table 3.

Echocardiographic Findings on Transesophageal Echocardiography.

Echocardiographic Findings Right-sided Endocarditisn=39 Left-sided Endocarditisn=176 P value
Vegetation, n (%) 23 (59) 99 (56.3) 0.8
Abscess, n (%) 1 (2.6) 2 (1.1) 0.4
Mass attached to electrode of the pacemaker, n (%) 2 (5.1) 8 (4.5) 1
New severe valvular insufficiency, n (%) 1 (2.6) 4 (2.3) 1
Prosthetic valve dehiscence, n (%) none 1 (.6) 1
Absence of findings typical for endocarditis, n (%) 12 (30.8) 61 (34.7) 0.7
RMMJ Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal Rambam Health Care Campus 2019 January; 10(1): e0003. ISSN: 2076-9172
Published online 2019 January 28. doi: 10.5041/RMMJ.10338