The microbiology, epidemiology, diagnostics, and treatment of infective endocarditis (IE)
have changed significantly since the Duke Criteria were published in 1994 and modified in …

Aim Pressure injuries are common adverse events in clinical practice, affecting the well‐
being of patients and causing considerable financial burden to healthcare systems. It is …

The recommendations listed in this document are, whenever possible, evidence based. An
extensive review was conducted on literature published through March 1, 2020. Searches …

Aim This executive summary of the valvular heart disease guideline provides
recommendations for clinicians to diagnose and manage valvular heart disease as well as …

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

The incidence of injection drug use–associated infective endocarditis has been increasing
rapidly over the last decade. Patients with drug use–associated infective endocarditis …

Purpose. To date, several meta‐analyses have reported data about the diagnostic
performance of 18F‐FDG PET/CT in infectious and inflammatory diseases. This article aims …

Background: 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography
(18F-FDG PET/CT) is commonly used for the diagnosis of infective endocarditis (IE), but its …

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

Multimodality imaging plays a pivotal role in the evaluation and management of infective
endocarditis (IE)—a condition with high morbidity and mortality. The diagnosis of IE is …