The valve uptake index: improving assessment of prosthetic valve endocarditis and updating [18F]FDG PET/CT(A) imaging criteria.

Albert Roque Maria Nazarena Pizzi Nuria Fernandez-Hidalgo Guillermo Romero-FarinaGemma BurcetJosé Luis Reyes-JuarezCarina EspinetJoan Castell-ConesaManuel EscobarIgnacio Ferreira-GonzálezSantiago Aguadé-BruixHug Cuellar-Calabria

Published in: European heart journal. Cardiovascular Imaging (2022)

The VUI demonstrated good diagnostic accuracy for PVE, even increasing the diagnostic power of the traditionally used morphometabolic parameters, which also confirmed their own diagnostic performance. More research is needed to assess whether the integration of the VUI into the PVE diagnostic algorithm may clarify doubtful cases and thus improve the diagnostic yield of PET/CTA.

Keyphrases

aortic valve
mitral valve
high resolution
computed tomography
machine learning
working memory
deep learning
heart failure
pet ct
positron emission tomography
coronary artery disease
left ventricular
pet imaging
photodynamic therapy
mass spectrometry
fluorescence imaging