Publications by authors named "S Cammilleri"

Background: Transcatheter aortic valve replacement-related infective endocarditis (TAVR-IE) is associated with a poor prognosis. TAVR-IE diagnosis is challenging, and benefits of the most recent classifications (ESC-2015, ISCVID-2023 and ESC-2023) have not been compared with the conventional Duke criteria on this population.

Objectives: The primary objective was to compare the diagnostic value of the Duke, ESC-2015, ISCVID-2023, and ESC-2023 criteria for the diagnosis of TAVR-IE.

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Purpose: A hypometabolic profile involving the limbic areas, brainstem and cerebellum has been identified in long COVID patients using [F]fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-PET. This study was conducted to evaluate possible recovery of brain metabolism during the follow-up of patients with prolonged symptoms.

Methods: Fifty-six adults with long COVID who underwent two brain [F]FDG-PET scans in our department between May 2020 and October 2022 were retrospectively analysed, and compared to 51 healthy subjects.

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Cardiovascular infections are the most severe and potentially lethal among the persistent focalized infections. While aortic infections on aneurysms or prostheses are well-known, with specific complications (risk of fatal rupture), new non-aortic vascular infections are increasingly being described thanks to the emerging use of 18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (F-FDG PET-scan). Here, we describe an infection of a femoro-popliteal bypass that would not have been diagnosed without the use of PET-scan.

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Purpose: Ketogenic diet (KD) is recommended to avoid intense [F]FDG myocardial physiologic uptake in PET imaging. Neuroprotective and anti-seizure effects of KD have been suggested, but their mechanisms remain to be elucidated. This [F]FDG PET study aims to evaluate the effect of KD on glucose brain metabolism.

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This study aims to evaluate the impact of French national lockdown of 55 days on brain metabolism of patients with neurological disorders. Whole-brain voxel-based PET analysis was used to correlate F-FDG metabolism to the number of days after March 17, 2020 (in 95 patients; mean age: 54.3 years ± 15.

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