This joint position paper illustrates the role and the correct use of echocardiography,
radionuclide imaging with 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography …

Although the number of clinical applications for fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (18 F-FDG)
cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) has continued to grow, there remains a lack of …

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: 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron-emission tomography/computed
tomography (PET/CT) was recently introduced as a new tool for the diagnosis of prosthetic …

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

The diagnosis of cardiac device infection and, more importantly, accurate localization of the
infection site, such as defibrillator pocket, pacemaker lead, along the peripheral driveline or …

Fever of unknown origin (FUO) is commonly defined as fever higher than 38.3° C on several
occasions during at least 3 weeks with uncertain diagnosis after a number of obligatory …

Early diagnosis of infective endocarditis (IE) is based on the yielding of blood cultures and
echocardiographic findings. However, they have limitations and sometimes the diagnosis is …

For decades, conventional nuclear medicine techniques have been utilized for the
assessment of many infectious and inflammatory diseases. Most of these techniques have …

Positron emission tomography (PET) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have both
been used for decades in cardiovascular imaging. Since 2010, hybrid PET/MRI using …