(18)F-FDG PET/CT improves diagnostic certainty in native and prosthetic valve Infective Endocarditis over the modified Duke Criteria

BACKGROUND: International guidance recognizes the shortcomings of the modified Duke Criteria (mDC) in diagnosing infective endocarditis (IE) when transoesophageal echocardiography (TOE) is equivocal. (18)F-FDG PET/CT (PET) has proven benefit in prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE), but is restricted...

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Autores principales: Primus, Christopher P., Clay, Thomas A, McCue, Maria S., Wong, Kit, Uppal, Rakesh, Ambekar, Shirish, Das, Satya, Bhattacharyya, Sanjeev, Davies, L. Ceri, Woldman, Simon, Menezes, Leon J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer International Publishing 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9553763/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34169473
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12350-021-02689-5

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