Mural vegetation in infective endocarditis – Is it a predictor for embolism?

Abstract

Background: Infective endocarditis is a microbial infection of endocardial surface of the heart and vegetation is the characteristic lesion of the disease. Mural endocarditis is a condition of rare diagnosis and may be difficult to find vegetation by standard views in transthoracic echocardiography (TTE). Identifying the mural vegetation not only helps to diagnose Infective endocarditis, but also predicts the risk for developing embolism. Aim of this study is to find the occurrence of embolism in patients with mural endocarditis.