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Cardiac CT in Infective Aortic Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis Cover

Cardiac CT in Infective Aortic Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis

Open Access
|Jul 2025

Abstract

Teaching point: Cardiac computed tomography angiography is particularly valuable in patients with prosthetic valve infective endocarditis who have contraindications to transesophageal echocardiography (TOE), or when TOE is limited by heavy calcifications or the prosthetic valve, offering at least equivalent sensitivity for detecting abscesses and pseudoaneurysms.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jbsr.3991 | Journal eISSN: 2514-8281
Language: English
Submitted on: May 15, 2025
Accepted on: Jun 17, 2025
Published on: Jul 3, 2025
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2025 Marwan Nadiri, Ana Falticeanu, Olivier Lebecque, published by Ubiquity Press
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