18F-FDG-PET/CTA of Prosthetic Cardiac Valves and Valve-Tube Grafts: Infective Versus Inflammatory Patterns

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1224-1227

  Pizzi, María N ^a,b   Roque, Albert ^a,c   Cuéllar Calabria, Hug ^a,b,c   Fernández Hidalgo, Nuria ^a,b   Ferreira González, Ignacio ^a,b,d   González Alujas, María T ^a   Igual Barceló, Alberto ^a   Garcia Dorado, David ^a,b   Almirante, Benito ^a,b   Castell Conesa, Joan ^a,b,c   Escobar Amores, Manuel ^a,c   Tornos, Pilar ^a,b   Aguadé Bruix, Santiago ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Institut de Diagnòstic per la Imatge IDI Parc Sanitari Pere Virgili   (Spain)

^d CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

Author keywords

18F FDG PET CT; cardiac tomography; infective endocarditis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE INFLAMMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHETIC VALVE ENDOCARDITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VERY ELDERLY; ADVERSE DEVICE EFFECT; DEVICES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEART VALVE; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; NON INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; ENDOCARDITIS, NON-INFECTIVE; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HEART VALVES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84994111946     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: 18767591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2016.05.013     Document Type: Article

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