Clinical Research Directory

Inclusion Criteria: * adult patient (over 18 years old); * patient with a prosthetic heart valve; * patient suspected of infective endocarditis (on clinical and/or microbiological and/or imaging data); * patient whose history is discussed in the multidisciplinary meeting dedicated to endocarditis; * patient beneficiary of a social security scheme; * free, informed and written consent signed by the participant and the investigator. Exclusion Criteria: * pregnant or breastfeeding women; * women of childbearing potential not using effective contraception; * patients referred to in articles L.1121-5 to L.1121-8 (persons deprived of liberty by judicial or administrative decision, minors, adults subject to a legal protection measure or unable to express their consent); * subject in a period of relative exclusion due to another protocol; * known contraindication to PET/CT with injection of radiotracers (hypersensitivity to radiopharmaceuticals and/or excipients).