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Letter to the Editor| Volume 53, e21-e22, July 2018

Molecular imaging should have played a role

Published:February 17, 2018DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejim.2018.02.017
Molecular imaging should have played a role
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      Highlights

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        Molecular imaging is a useful adjunct to echocardiography in the diagnosis of IE.
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        Documentation of endocardial infection by molecular imaging now qualifies as a major criterion in the Duke Classification.
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        Molecular imaging is advantageous for identifying PV-related IE and CIED-related IE.
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        Molecular imaging is uniquely advantageous in identifying CHD-related IE.
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        Molecular imaging is uniquely advantageous in identifying septic emboli.

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      Article info

      Publication history

      Published online: February 17, 2018
      Accepted: February 15, 2018
      Received in revised form: February 12, 2018
      Received: February 7, 2018

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejim.2018.02.017

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      © 2018 European Federation of Internal Medicine. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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