Usefulness of (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography angiography in a patient with blood culture-negative prosthetic valve endocarditis complicated with perivalvular abscess: a case report

BACKGROUND: Prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) is a life-threatening systemic infection involving a high mortality rate and severe complications, including perivalvular abscess. Early diagnosis and detection of PVE continue to be challenging in clinical settings. CASE SUMMARY: A 64-year-old man wit...

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Izdano u:Eur Heart J Case Rep
Glavni autori: Miura, Shiro, Naya, Masanao, Yamashita, Takehiro, Ohkawa, Youhei
Format: Artigo
Jezik:Inglês
Izdano: Oxford University Press 2019
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Case Reports
Online pristup:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6939801/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31911983
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ehjcr/ytz171
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