Combined computed tomography and fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in the diagnosis of prosthetic valve endocarditis: a case series

BACKGROUND: The diagnosis of prosthetic valve endocarditis is challenging. The gold standard for prosthetic valve endocarditis diagnosis is trans-esophageal echocardiography. However, trans-esophageal echocardiography may result in negative findings or yield images difficult to differentiate from th...

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Autores principales: Bartoletti, Michele, Tumietto, Fabio, Fasulo, Giovanni, Giannella, Maddalena, Cristini, Francesco, Bonfiglioli, Rachele, Raumer, Luigi, Nanni, Cristina, Sanfilippo, Silvia, Di Eusanio, Marco, Scotton, Pier Giorgio, Graziosi, Maddalena, Rapezzi, Claudio, Fanti, Stefano, Viale, Pierluigi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3899623/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24418206
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-7-32

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3899623/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24418206
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-7-32

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