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Table 3 Detection of vegetations by hTTE and TEE (n = 36)

From: Diagnostic value of harmonic transthoracic echocardiography in native valve infective endocarditis: comparison with transesophageal echocardiography

Presence of vegetations

hTTE

TEE

p value

Positive

16

19*

0.46

Indeterminate

6

1*

<0.01

Negative

14

16

0.47

  1. hTTE, harmonic transthoracic echocardiography; TEE, transesophageal echocardiography.