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Case Reports
. 2011 Aug;18(4):741-3.
doi: 10.1007/s12350-011-9376-x.

Positron emission tomography scan can be a reassuring tool to treat difficult cases of infective endocarditis

Tsuneaki Kenzaka  1 , Miho Shimoshikiryo, Akihito Kitao, Kazuomi Kario, Masayoshi Hashimoto
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Positron emission tomography scan can be a reassuring tool to treat difficult cases of infective endocarditis

Tsuneaki Kenzaka et al. J Nucl Cardiol. 2011 Aug.
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Multislice CT scan images: The images show a low-density area in the pulmonic valve (red arrows)
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Positron emission tomography (PET) scan images: The images show a focal area of increased FDG uptake in the artificial blood vessel site of the right ventricular outflow tract (white arrows)
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Positron emission tomography (PET) scan images: FDG uptake disappeared after treatment
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