BACKGROUND: Infective endocarditis (IE) can be challenging to diagnose. Positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) with 2-deoxy-2-[ METHODS: The CuDOS study (Cu-Dotatate Positron Emissions Tomography in Infective Endocarditis) was a prospective study including 20 patients with IE (10 with prosthetic valve endocarditis and 10 with native valve endocarditis) and 20 controls. All participants underwent [ RESULTS: The median age of the cases and controls was 68 years (interquartile range [IQR], 55.0-75.5) and 61 years (IQR, 57.0-69.5), respectively. [ CONCLUSIONS: [ REGISTRATION: URL: https://www.clinicaltrials.gov
Unique identifier: NCT05432427. www.clinicaltrialsregister.eu
Unique identifier: 2021-005501-27.