Figure 1. Diagnostic criteria for infective endocarditis.
Taken from the 2015 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) guidelines for the management of infective endocarditis (IE) 9. 18F-FDG PET, 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography; CT, computed tomography; ECHO, echocardiogram; SPECT, single-photon emission computed tomography; TOE, transoesophageal echocardiography; TTE, transthoracic echocardiography.