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J Heart Valve Dis
; 20(1): 100-2, 2011 Jan.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-21404906
RESUMO
It has been suggested that 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) might serve as a tool for the often difficult diagnosis of infective endocarditis. The case is described of a patient with a Bartonella henselae endocarditis with a negative FDG-PET. This case report demonstrates that negative FDG-PET findings do not rule out the presence of endocarditis.