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Table 4 Concordance rate for 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

Positive TEE

Indeterminate TEE

Negative TEE

Positive hTTE

16

0

0

Indeterminate hTTE

3

1

2

Negative hTTE

0

0

14

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