Which is the optimal acquisition time for FDG PET/CT imaging in patients with infective endocarditis?

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 307-309

  Caldarella, Carmelo ^a   Leccisotti, Lucia ^a   Treglia, Giorgio ^a   Giordano, Alessandro ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GENTAMICIN;

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; FEVER; HEART ABSCESS; HUMAN; MALE; NOTE; PERIVALVULAR ABSCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHETIC VALVE DYSFUNCTION; RADIATION DOSE; STREPTOCOCCUS; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHEEZING;

ENDOCARDITIS; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84879502777     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: 15326551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-012-9667-x     Document Type: Note

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