ReviewCurrent cardiology reports2014
The potential of FDG PET/CT for early diagnosis of cardiac device and prosthetic valve infection before morphologic damages ensue.
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- Detection of Native and Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis: Incremental Attributes of Functional FDG PET/CT over Morphologic Imaging.Current cardiology reports · 2020Review
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- Assessment of Myocarditis: Cardiac MR, PET/CT, or PET/MR?Current cardiology reports · 2019Review
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- FDG PET/CT for the diagnosis and management of infective endocarditis: Expert consensus vs evidence-based practice.Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology · 2019Article
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- Diagnosing pulmonic valve infective endocarditis with positron emission tomography-CT.BMJ case reports · 2016Article
- (18)F-FDG-PET Scanning Confirmed Infected Intracardiac Device-Leads with Abiotrophia defectiva.Case reports in cardiology · 2016Article
- High performances of (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose PET-CT in cardiac implantable device infections: A study of 40 patients.Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology · 2015Article
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Abstract
Diagnosis of cardiac mechanical device or prosthesis valve infection, and more importantly accurate localization of the infection site, such as defibrillator pocket, pacemaker lead, annular or peri-annular valve ring abscesses remain clinically challenging. Inconclusive diagnosis can lead to delayed antibiotic therapy, device extraction or surgical intervention, which may have dire consequences to the patient. Among patients with suspected cardiac mechanical device or prosthetic valve infection, recent publications advocate the use of (18)F-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography computed tomography (FDG PET/CT), particularly when anatomy based imaging studies, such as echocardiography or CT, are uncertain or negative. A potential advantage of FDG PET/CT is in its detection of inflammatory cells early in the infection process, before morphologic damages ensue. However, there are many unanswered questions in the literature. There is a need for standardization amongst the various imaging studies, such as dietary preparation, duration and timing of image acquisition, image processing with and without CT attenuation correction, and more importantly image interpretation criteria. The answer for these issues awaits well designed, prospective studies.
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