Transthoracic echocardiogram has low sensitivity and, if negative, should be followed by TEE to exclude endocarditis. Not all cases of non-HACEK Gram-negative bacterial endocarditis necessarily ...

A scientific statement regarding the diagnosis and management of blood culture-negative endocarditis has been published by the AHA.

Risk for symptomatic embolism can be predicted via echocardiographic vegetation features in patients with infective endocarditis.