RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Infective endocarditis: Beyond the usual tests
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 559
OP 567
DO 10.3949/ccjm.86a.18120
VO 86
IS 8
A1 Mgbojikwe, Nkemdilim
A1 Jones, Steven R.
A1 Leucker, Thorsten M.
A1 Brotman, Daniel J.
YR 2019
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/86/8/559.abstract
AB Infective endocarditis remains a diagnostic challenge. Although echocardiography is still the mainstay imaging test, it misses up to 30% of cases. Newer imaging tests—4-dimensional computed tomography (4D CT), fluorodeoxy glucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET), and leukocyte scintigraphy—are increasingly used as alternative or adjunct tests for select patients. They improve the sensitivity of clinical diagnosis of infective endocarditis when appropriately used, especially in the setting of a prosthetic valve.