18-Fluoro-2-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography: an additional tool in the diagnosis of prosthetic valve endocarditis

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue , 2014, Pages 219-224

  Ricciardi, Alessandra ^a   Sordillo, Pasquale ^a   Ceccarelli, Laura ^a   Maffongelli, Gaetano ^a   Calisti, Giorgio ^b   Di Pietro, Barbara ^a   Caracciolo, Cristiana Ragano ^a   Schillaci, Orazio ^a   Pellegrino, Antonio ^a   Chiariello, Luigi ^a   Andreoni, Massimo ^a   Sarmati, Loredana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b ROYAL FREE LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

18F FDG PET CT; Cardiac imaging; Echocardiography; Infective endocarditis; Prosthetic valve endocarditis

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PET-CT SCANNER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSTHETIC VALVE ENDOCARDITIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VERY ELDERLY; ENDOCARDITIS; EVALUATION STUDY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTISCANNING;

ADULT; AGED; ENDOCARDITIS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84910685658     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2014.04.028     Document Type: Article

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