Respective performance of 18F-FDG PET and radiolabeled leukocyte scintigraphy for the diagnosis of prosthetic valve endocarditis

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1980-1985

  Rouzet, Franҫois ^a   Chequer, Renata ^a   Benali, Khadija ^a   Lepage, Laurent ^a   Ghodbane, Walid ^a   Duval, Xavier ^a   Iung, Bernard ^a   Vahanian, Alec ^a   Le Guludec, Dominique ^a   Hyafil, Fabien ^a  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

18F FDG positron emission tomography; Cardiac prosthetic valves; Infective endocarditis; Radiolabeled leukocyte scintigraphy

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CANDIDA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; ISOTOPE LABELING; LACTOBACILLUS; LEUKOCYTE SCINTIGRAPHY; MALE; PET SCANNER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSTHETIC VALVE ENDOCARDITIS; SCINTIGRAPHY; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC USE; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; GRANULOCYTE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; LEUKOCYTE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; SCINTISCANNING;

AGED; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GRANULOCYTES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS;

EID: 84915753029     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: 2159662X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.114.141895     Document Type: Article

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