Study: PET Imaging Can Detect Acute Endocarditis

PET imaging can detect the pathogen that causes acute endocarditis, according to a study published in Nature Medicine.

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Researchers found that, with an engineered analog of prothrombin, they could identify Staphylococcus aureus, which causes the heart valve infection, in endocarditic vegetations by using PET imaging.

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