FDG PET/CT in prosthetic heart valve endocarditis: There is no need to wait

Journal of Nuclear Cardiology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 1540-1541

  Scholtens, A M ^a   Budde, R P J ^b   Lam, M G E H ^c   Verberne, H J ^d  

^a MEANDER MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; SURGICAL GLUE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY CELL; NONHUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; PROSTHETIC VALVE ENDOCARDITIS; SCINTIGRAPHY; ADVERSE DEVICE EFFECT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOCARDITIS; INFECTION; PROCEDURES;

ENDOCARDITIS; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS;

EID: 85019660721     PISSN: 10713581     EISSN: 15326551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-017-0938-4     Document Type: Editorial

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