From the 1Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, 2Yale University School of Medicine, New
Haven, Connecticut, 3Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western …

Abstract Purpose of the Review Infective endocarditis (IE) is a relatively infrequent infectious
disease. It does, however, causes serious morbidity, and its mortality rate has remained …

With this document, we provide a standard for PET/(diagnostic) CT imaging procedures in
cardiovascular diseases that are inflammatory, infective, infiltrative, or associated with …

Background The current diagnosis of infective endocarditis (IE) is based on the modified
Duke criteria, which has approximately 80% sensitivity for the diagnosis of native valve …

Background Infective endocarditis (IE) remains a difficult to diagnose condition associated
with high mortality. 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed …

Infective endocarditis (IE) is a complex disease with cardiac involvement and multiorgan
complications. Its prognosis depends on prompt diagnosis that leads to an aggressive …

In the latest update of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guidelines for the
management of infective endocarditis (IE), imaging is positioned at the centre of the …

The annual incidence of infective endocarditis (IE) is estimated to be between 15 and 80
cases per million persons in population-based studies. The incidence of IE is markedly …

Infective endocarditis (IE) is a life-threatening microbial infection of native and prosthetic
heart valves, endocardial surface, and/or indwelling cardiac device. Prevalence of IE is …

Background 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography
(18F-FDG-PET/CT) has emerged as a useful diagnostic tool for suspected infective …