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Is Cerebral Angiography Indicated in Infective Endocarditis? Stroke 23:1662-1667, van der Meulen,J.H.P.,et al, 1992 See this aricle in Pubmed Article Abstract For a 40-year-old female patient with right-sided hemiplegia,the 12-week survival is estimated to be 83.75%without angiography and 83.65%with angiography;the specific mortality of intracranial mycotic aneurysms is relatively small but increased by 40%(from 0.25%to 0.35%)if angiography is performed.The risk of aneurysm rupture in infective endocarditis and the mortality from rupture appear to be the most important factors that affect the analysis.Cerebral angiography should not be performed routinely in patients with infective endocarditis.Specific subgroups in whom such a policy might be beneficial have not yet been identified.

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