Nuclear imaging for patients with a suspicion of infective endocarditis: Be part of the team!

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 207-211

  Hyafil, Fabien ^a   Rouzet, François ^a   Le Guludec, Dominique ^a  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

endocarditis; Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG); leukocyte scintigraphy; PET CT imaging; radiolabeled; valvular heart disease

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HUMAN; ISOTOPE LABELING; LEUKOCYTE SCINTIGRAPHY; PATIENT; PATIENT CARE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOCARDITIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; TRENDS; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; ENDOCARDITIS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS;

EID: 84952036841     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: 15326551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-015-0369-z     Document Type: Editorial

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