Modern possibilities of spect for the diagnosis of infectious endocarditis

Sazonova S.I., Ilushenkova Yu.N., Lishmanov Yu.B.

The literature review is devoted to the radionuclide diagnosis of infectious endocarditis. The paper describes the main methods and radiopharmaceuticals used to visualize this pathology, compares their diagnostic effectiveness, advantages and disadvantages. The authors discuss unresolved problems, as well as the prospects of nuclear medicine in terms of diagnosing infectious endocarditis. A literature search was performed using electronic bibliographic databases such as Medline, PubMed, E-library, GoogleShcolar.

Cardiology Research Institute, Tomsk National Research Medical Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, Cardiology Research Institute. Tomsk, Russia.

 

Keywords: infectious endocarditis, scintigraphy, single-photon emission computed tomography, radiopharmaceutical.

 


Corresponding author:  Sazonova S.I., e-mail: Этот e-mail адрес защищен от спам-ботов, для его просмотра у Вас должен быть включен Javascript

 

For citation: Sazonova S.I., Ilushenkova Yu.N., Lishmanov Yu.B. Modern possibilities of spect for the diagnosis of infectious endocarditis. REJR 2020; 10(1):178-190. DOI:10.21569/2222-7415-2020-10-1-178-190.

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Received:       12.11.19 Accepted:     25.02.20