Positron emission tomography scan can be a reassuring tool to treat difficult cases of infective endocarditis
J Nucl Cardiol
.
2011 Aug;18(4):741-3.
doi: 10.1007/s12350-011-9376-x.
Authors
Tsuneaki Kenzaka
1
,
Miho Shimoshikiryo
,
Akihito Kitao
,
Kazuomi Kario
,
Masayoshi Hashimoto
Affiliation
1
Division of General Medicine, Center for Community Medicine, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan. smile.kenzaka@jichi.ac.jp
PMID:
21519975
PMCID:
PMC3143318
DOI:
10.1007/s12350-011-9376-x
No abstract available
Publication types
Case Reports
MeSH terms
Adult
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Endocarditis / diagnostic imaging*
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
Humans
Male
Multidetector Computed Tomography
Positron-Emission Tomography / methods*
Substances
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18