Confounders in FDG-PET/CT Imaging of Suspected Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1462-1465

  Scholtens, Asbjørn Mathias ^a   Swart, Laurens E ^b   Verberne, Hein Jan ^c   Tanis, Wilco ^d   Lam, Marnix G E H ^e   Budde, Ricardo P J ^b  

^a MEANDER MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d HAGA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

computed tomography; endocarditis; fluorodeoxyglucose F18; heart valve prosthesis; positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHETIC VALVE ENDOCARDITIS; DEVICES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOCARDITIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HEART VALVE; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SURGERY;

CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ENDOCARDITIS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HEART VALVES; HUMANS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 85000932382     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: 18767591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2016.01.024     Document Type: Article

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