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Cardiology / Pulmonology

Infective endocarditis

First Seminar of the Korean Society of Blood transfusion's Immunology and Hematology Committee in 2019
Lecturer Ari Chong MD, Assistant professor
Objectives Overall objectives
Suggest appropriate diagnostic nuclear imaging modalities in patients with suspected infective endocarditis and provide relevant diagnostic information to clinicians.

Specific objectives
Explain the reason why nuclear imaging studies have been included in the recent guideline of infective endocarditis
Explain the available nuclear imaging studies for the diagnosis of infective endocarditis
Describe the diagnostic work-up process according to the 2015 ESC Guidelines for the management of infective endocarditis
Describe the patient preparation of nuclear imaging for the diagnosis of infective endocarditis
Video 26min

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Lecturer

Ari Chong, MD, Assistant professor
Department of Nuclear Medicine,
Chosun University Hospital
Korea
E-mail:arichong@chosun.ac.kr
Sang Geon Cho, MD, PhD
Department of Nuclear Medicine,
Chonnam National University Hospital,
Gwangju, Korea
E-mail:mujuk203@daum.net