<prompt> The test of choice to detect perivalvular abscesses?MRICT scan2D-echoTEE with color Doppler  <response>: PERIVALVULAR INFECTION This complication, which is most common with aoic valve infection. Trans-esophageal Echo TEE with color Doppler is the test of choice It is rapid,noninvasive with excellent specificity for vegetations as the transducer in esophagus is in close proximity to the aoic root and septum 