Ga-67 SPECT to detect endocarditis after replacement of an aortic valve

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 401-404

  Pena, Francisco José ^a   Banzo, Ignacio ^a   Quirce, Remedios ^a   Vallina, Nicolás Kurt ^a   Hernández, Ana ^a   Guede, Constantino ^a   Carril, José Manuel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ga 67; Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis; SPECT

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM 67;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEVER; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; AORTIC VALVE; CITRATES; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; GALLIUM; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0036108572     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-200206000-00002     Document Type: Article

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