18FDG-positron emission tomography (PET) has a role to play in the diagnosis and therapy of infective endocarditis and cardiac device infection

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 167, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1724-1736

  Millar, B Cherie ^a   Prendergast, Bernard D ^b   Alavi, Abass ^c   Moore, John E ^a  

^a BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac device; Culture negative; Infection; Infective endocarditis; Pacemaker; Positron emission tomography (PET)

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEART ABSCESS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUNG EMBOLISM; METASTASIS; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SINUS NODE; SYNDROME DELINEATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; ADULT; CASE REPORT; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC USE; ENDOCARDITIS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; SCINTISCANNING; CARDIAC DEVICE; CULTURE-NEGATIVE; METHODOLOGY; PACEMAKER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET);

ADULT; ENDOCARDITIS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS;

CARDIAC DEVICE; CULTURE-NEGATIVE; INFECTION; INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS; PACEMAKER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET);

EID: 84883292874     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.12.005     Document Type: Review

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