Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 2014; 16(1):26-32
Objective. To reveal the level of knowledge of medical specialists on the diagnostics and treatment of infective endocarditis (IE).
Materials and Methods. Multicenter interviewing of the medical specialists about IE etiology, diagnostics and treatment was conducted during 2012–2013 in 15 cities of different regions of Russia.
Results. Overall 530 medical specialists were interviewed. On the question concerning the choice of echocardiographic study only 59,4% of respondents have marked transesophageal route.