Novel imaging strategies for the detection of prosthetic heart valve obstruction and endocarditis

Netherlands Heart Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 96-107

  Tanis, W ^a   Budde, R P J ^b   Van Der Bilt, I A C ^a   Delemarre, B ^a   Hoohenker, G ^a   Van Rooden, J K ^a   Scholtens, A M ^c   Habets, J ^c   Chamuleau, S ^a  

^a HAGA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

18 fluorine fluorodesoxyglucose positron emission tomography; Endocarditis; Multidetector row computed tomography; Pannus; Prosthetic heart valve; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; BLOOD CLOTTING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENDOCARDITIS; FLUOROSCOPY; HEART CYCLE; HUMAN; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE OBSTRUCTION; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84955613967     PISSN: 15685888     EISSN: 18766250     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12471-015-0796-0     Document Type: Review

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