Reply: Positron emission tomography/computed tomography for diagnosis of prosthetic valve endocarditis

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 187-189

  Thuny, Franck ^a   Lass, Olivia ^b   Saby, Ludivine ^b   Tessonnier, Laetitia ^b   Cammilleri, Serge ^b   Casalta, Jean Paul ^b   Mundler, Olivier ^b   Raoult, Didier ^b   Habib, Gilbert ^b  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LETTER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSTHETIC VALVE ENDOCARDITIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; MEDICAL HISTORY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84892393960     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.09.034     Document Type: Letter

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