| Institution: | 1.University of Liège hospital, GIGA Cardiovascular Science, Heart Valve Clinic,Imaging Cardiology,Liège,Belgium;2.Nuclear Medicine and Oncological Imaging Division,Medical Physics Department,Liège,Belgium;3.Nuclear Medicine, Department of Translational Research and New Technology in Medicine,University of Pisa,Pisa,Italy;4.URMITE, Aix Marseille Université, UM63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, INSERM 1095,IHU, Méditerranée Infection,Marseille,France;5.APHM, La Timone Hospital,Cardiology Department,Marseille,France;6.Gruppo Villa Maria Care and Research,Anthea Hospital,Bari,Italy;7.Department of Cardiology,University Hospital Sart Tilman,Liege,Belgium |
| Abstract: | Purpose of ReviewInfectious endocarditis is a serious disease requiring rapid diagnosis and accurate risk stratification to offer the best therapeutic strategy. Infection of prosthetic valve (PV) and cardiovascular implantable electronic device (CIED) is increasing due to the ageing of the population and the growing number of implants. Foreign material infection remains clinically challenging given the limitation of ultrasound techniques in this context whereas the diagnosis must be precocious.Recent Findings 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (18F]FDG PET/CT) and radiolabelled leukocytes single-photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography (SPECT/CT) are commonly used for this purpose.Summary In the present article, we summarized the available evidence for the use of nuclear imaging for the evaluation of infectious endocarditis. |
