Condensed abstract Data regarding the comparison of diagnostic accuracy of TEE and CCT for diagnosing IE are limited. The present meta-analysis compares the diagnostic performance of the two imaging modalities for a variety of complications of IE in the same patient populations. Our results show that both TEE and CCT have good diagnostic accuracy, with TEE showing superiority in detecting leaflet defects and CCT performing better in prosthetic valve endocarditis. CCT also showed a trend towards higher sensitivity than TEE for detection of periannular complications. These findings suggest that CCT is a useful adjunct to TEE for IE, whenever appropriate use of complementary imaging modalities is warranted.
