Diagnostic value of FDG PET/CT imaging in patients with surgically managed infective endocarditis – results of a retrospective analysis at a tertiary center - University of Regensburg Publication Server

URN to cite this document:: urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-447996
DOI to cite this document:: 10.5283/epub.44799

Sag, Sabine Julia Maria ; Menhart, Karin ; Grosse, Jirka ; Hitzenbichler, Florian

; Hanses, Frank ; Mohr, Arno ; Salzberger, Bernd

; Zerdzitzki, Matthäus R. ; Hilker, Michael ; Rupprecht, Leopold

; Hellwig, Dirk

; Schmid, Christof ; Maier, Lars S. ; Sag, Can Martin

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Abstract

Background We assessed the diagnostic value of FDG PET/CT in a real-world cohort of patients with surgically managed infective endocarditis (IE). Methods We performed a retrospective analysis of all patients hospitalized in a tertiary IE referral medical center from January 2014 to October 2018 fulfilling the following criteria: ICD-10 code for IE and OPS code for both, heart surgery and FDG ...