Positron emission tomography scan can be a reassuring tool to treat difficult cases of infective endocarditis

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 741-743

  Kenzaka, Tsuneaki ^a   Shimoshikiryo, Miho ^b   Kitao, Akihito ^b   Kario, Kazuomi ^a   Hashimoto, Masayoshi ^c  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Department of General Medicine   (Japan)

^c KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; HEPARIN;

ADULT; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; DENTAL CARIES; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ENDOCARDITIS; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 80052546748     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: 15326551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-011-9376-x     Document Type: Article

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