Advantages of 18F-FDG PET/CT Imaging over Modified Duke Criteria and Clinical Presumption in Patients with Challenging Suspicion of Infective Endocarditis

Advantages of 18F-FDG PET/CT Imaging over Modified Duke Criteria and Clinical Presumption in Patients with Challenging Suspicion of Infective Endocarditis

According to European Society of Cardiology guidelines (ESC2015) for infective endocarditis (IE) management, modified Duke criteria (mDC) are implemented with a degree of clinical suspicion degree, leading to grades such as “possible” or “rejected” IE despite a persisting high level of clinical susp...

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Main Authors: Valentin Pretet, Cyrille Blondet, Yvon Ruch, Matias Martinez, Soraya El Ghannudi, Olivier Morel, Yves Hansmann, Thomas H. Schindler, Alessio Imperiale
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-04-01
Series:Diagnostics
Subjects:
infective endocarditis
modified Duke criteria
18F-FDG PET/CT
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/11/4/720

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