Does positron emission tomography/computed tomography aid the diagnosis of prosthetic valve infective endocarditis?

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 648-652

  Balmforth, Damian ^a   Chacko, Jacob ^a   Uppal, Rakesh ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Infective endocarditis; Positron emission tomography computed tomography; Valve surgery

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DUKE CRITERIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; HEART VALVE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AORTIC VALVE; CASE REPORT; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOCARDITIS; HEART VALVE DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; PROSTHESIS COMPLICATION; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AORTIC VALVE; ENDOCARDITIS; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84991060679     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivw177     Document Type: Article

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