Cardiac computed tomography angiography results in diagnostic and therapeutic change in prosthetic heart valve endocarditis

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 377-387

  Habets, Jesse ^a   Tanis, Wilco ^a   Van Herwerden, Lex A ^a   Van Den Brink, Renee B A ^b   Mali, Willem P Th M ^a   De Mol, Bas A J M ^b   Chamuleau, Steven A J ^a   Budde, Ricardo P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiac computed tomography angiography; Prosthetic heart valve endocarditis; Transthoracic echocardiography and transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYCOTIC ANEURYSM; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTHETIC VALVE ENDOCARDITIS; STANDARD; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VEGETATION;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS;

EID: 84898827057     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 15730743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-013-0335-2     Document Type: Article

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