• The specific situation of the patient. Unless otherwise provided for by national regulations,
off-label use of medication should be limited to situations where it is in the patient's interest …

Sensitivity and specificity of the modified Duke criteria for native valve endocarditis are both
suboptimal, at approximately 80%. Diagnostic accuracy for intracardiac prosthetic material …

Background—The diagnosis of infective endocarditis (IE) in prosthetic valves and
intracardiac devices is challenging because both the modified Duke criteria (DC) and …

Background The current diagnosis of infective endocarditis (IE) is based on the modified
Duke criteria, which has approximately 80% sensitivity for the diagnosis of native valve …

Objectives: An assay for molecular imaging of myocardial CXCR4 expression was
evaluated, in order to obtain mechanistic insights noninvasively based on quantitative …

Background Infective endocarditis (IE) remains a difficult to diagnose condition associated
with high mortality. 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed …

Infective endocarditis (IE) is a complex disease with cardiac involvement and multiorgan
complications. Its prognosis depends on prompt diagnosis that leads to an aggressive …

Early diagnosis of infective endocarditis (IE) is based on the yielding of blood cultures and
echocardiographic findings. However, they have limitations and sometimes the diagnosis is …

In the latest update of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guidelines for the
management of infective endocarditis (IE), imaging is positioned at the centre of the …

Background 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography
(18F-FDG-PET/CT) has emerged as a useful diagnostic tool for suspected infective …