PET/CT for endocarditis in the ACC/AHA 2020 valve guidelines: Ready for prime time?

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¹ Section of Cardiovascular Imaging, Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Main Campus J1-5, Cleveland, OH, 44195, USA. jaberw@ccf.org.
² Section of Cardiovascular Imaging, Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Main Campus J1-5, Cleveland, OH, 44195, USA.

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Wael A Jaber et al. J Nucl Cardiol. 2021 Oct.

. 2021 Oct;28(5):2422.

doi: 10.1007/s12350-021-02748-x. Epub 2021 Jul 22.

¹ Section of Cardiovascular Imaging, Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Main Campus J1-5, Cleveland, OH, 44195, USA. jaberw@ccf.org.
² Section of Cardiovascular Imaging, Heart, Vascular and Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Main Campus J1-5, Cleveland, OH, 44195, USA.

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2020 ACC/AHA Guideline for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines.
Writing Committee Members; Otto CM, Nishimura RA, Bonow RO, Carabello BA, Erwin JP 3rd, Gentile F, Jneid H, Krieger EV, Mack M, McLeod C, O'Gara PT, Rigolin VH, Sundt TM 3rd, Thompson A, Toly C. Writing Committee Members, et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2021 Feb 2;77(4):e25-e197. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2020.11.018. Epub 2020 Dec 17. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2021. PMID: 33342586 No abstract available.

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