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Published in: Journal of Nuclear Cardiology 2/2019

01-04-2019 | Images that Teach

Diagnostic performance of FDG-PET/CTA in native mitral valve endocarditis

Authors: Shoko Maeda, MD, Nobuhiro Tahara, MD, PhD, Fumitake Takase, MD, Munehisa Bekki, MD, Atsuko Tahara, MD, Akihiro Honda, MD, PhD, Sachiyo Igata, PhD, Yoichi Sugiyama, MD, Tomohisa Nakamura, MD, Jiahui Sun, MD, Seiji Kurata, MD, PhD, Kiminori Fujimoto, MD, PhD, Toshi Abe, MD, PhD, Yoshihiro Fukumoto, MD, PhD

Published in: Journal of Nuclear Cardiology | Issue 2/2019

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Infective endocarditis is a life-threatening condition caused by microbial infection of heart valves. 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission (FDG-PET) combined with computed tomography (CT) and CT angiography (CTA) were recently introduced as additional tools to diagnose prosthetic valve endocarditis in the most recent European Society of Cardiology guidelines on infective endocarditis.1 However, the diagnosis of native valve endocarditis based on FDG-PET/CTA remains challenging. …
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Metadata
Title
Diagnostic performance of FDG-PET/CTA in native mitral valve endocarditis
Authors
Shoko Maeda, MD
Nobuhiro Tahara, MD, PhD
Fumitake Takase, MD
Munehisa Bekki, MD
Atsuko Tahara, MD
Akihiro Honda, MD, PhD
Sachiyo Igata, PhD
Yoichi Sugiyama, MD
Tomohisa Nakamura, MD
Jiahui Sun, MD
Seiji Kurata, MD, PhD
Kiminori Fujimoto, MD, PhD
Toshi Abe, MD, PhD
Yoshihiro Fukumoto, MD, PhD
Publication date
01-04-2019
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Published in
Journal of Nuclear Cardiology / Issue 2/2019
Print ISSN: 1071-3581
Electronic ISSN: 1532-6551
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12350-018-1321-9

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