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ArticleThe international journal of cardiovascular imaging2020

Clinical usefulness of FDG-PET/CT for identification of abnormal extra-cardiac foci in patients with infective endocarditis.

Sarah Louise Kjølhede Holle, Malene Højgaard Andersen, Christine Falk Klein, Niels Eske Bruun, Niels Tønder, Christian Haarmark, Annika Loft, Poul Flemming Høilund-Carlsen, Henning Bundgaard, Kasper Karmark Iversen

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Article in The international journal of cardiovascular imaging, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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15citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. EANM/SNMMI guideline/procedure standard for [European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2025
    Guideline
  2. Open forum infectious diseases · 2026
    Article
  3. Review
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  10. Nuclear Imaging in Infective Endocarditis.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
    Review
  11. Article
  12. Assessing cardiovascular infection and inflammation with FDG-PET.American journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2021
    Review
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Sarah Louise Kjølhede HolleDepartment of Cardiology, Herlev Gentofte Hospital, Herlev Ringvej 75, 2730, Herlev, Denmark. sarah.louise.kjoelhede.holle.03@regionh.dk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8426-617X
Malene Højgaard AndersenDepartment of Cardiology, Herlev Gentofte Hospital, Herlev Ringvej 75, 2730, Herlev, Denmark.
Christine Falk KleinDepartment of Cardiology, Herlev Gentofte Hospital, Herlev Ringvej 75, 2730, Herlev, Denmark.
Niels Eske BruunDepartment of Cardiology, Herlev Gentofte Hospital, Kildegårdsvej 28, 2900, Hellerup, Denmark.
Niels TønderDepartment of Cardiology, Dyrehavevej 29, 3400, Hillerød, Denmark.
Christian HaarmarkDepartment of Cardiology, Herlev Gentofte Hospital, Herlev Ringvej 75, 2730, Herlev, Denmark.
Annika LoftDepartment of Cardiology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Poul Flemming Høilund-CarlsenDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Odense University Hospital, J.B. Winsløws Vej 4, 5000, Odense C, Denmark.
Henning BundgaardDepartment of Cardiology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Kasper Karmark IversenDepartment of Cardiology, Herlev Gentofte Hospital, Herlev Ringvej 75, 2730, Herlev, Denmark.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of the study was to evaluate the ability to detect extra-cardiac foci by means of whole-body

Indexed as

Positron Emission Tomography Computed TomographyWhole Body ImagingAgedAged, 80 and overClinical Decision-MakingColonic PolypsDenmarkDiscitisEndocarditis, BacterialFemaleFluorodeoxyglucose F18HumansMaleMiddle AgedNeoplasmsPredictive Value of TestsFluorodeoxyglucose F18RadiopharmaceuticalsClinical impactExtra-cardiac work-upFDG-PET/CTInfective endocarditis

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Registered trials

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