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Positron emission tomography scan can be a reassuring tool to treat difficult cases of infective endocarditis

Authors: Tsuneaki Kenzaka, MD, Miho Shimoshikiryo, MD, Akihito Kitao, MD, Kazuomi Kario, MD, Masayoshi Hashimoto, MD

Published in: Journal of Nuclear Cardiology | Issue 4/2011

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The diagnosis of infective endocarditis is typically based on clinical presentation, positive blood cultures, and echocardiography findings. In particular, echocardiography is central to the diagnosis and management of patients with infective endocarditis.1 If adequate echocardiographic findings cannot be observed secondary to artifacts, an alternative imaging tool should be considered. In the present case, we describe a patient with infective endocarditis that could not be diagnosed using transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) and transesophageal echocardiography (TEE). …

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Title: Positron emission tomography scan can be a reassuring tool to treat difficult cases of infective endocarditis
Authors: Tsuneaki Kenzaka, MD
Miho Shimoshikiryo, MD
Akihito Kitao, MD
Kazuomi Kario, MD
Masayoshi Hashimoto, MD
Publication date: 01-08-2011
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Journal of Nuclear Cardiology / Issue 4/2011
Print ISSN: 1071-3581
Electronic ISSN: 1532-6551
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12350-011-9376-x

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