ReviewInfectious diseases and therapy2022
FDG PET/CT in Cardiac Infection: Does It Matter? A Narrative Review.
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- A case of chronic Campylobacter fetus infection-related glomerulonephritis, mimicking systemic autoimmune diseases.CEN case reports · 2026Article
- Positron Emission Tomography Identification of Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Infection.Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia · 2026Article
- Polymyalgia Rheumatica Presenting as Fever of Unknown Origin.JMA journal · 2025Article
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- Contemporary Multi-modality Imaging of Prosthetic Aortic Valves.Reviews in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Review
- Innovations in Imaging:Current cardiology reports · 2024Review
- Multimodality Imaging Diagnosis in Infective Endocarditis.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Advanced Imaging for Detection of Foci of Infection in Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia- Can a Scan Save Lives?Seminars in nuclear medicine · 2023Review
- The impact of follow-up FDG-PET/CT on the management of focal infectious diseases: a retrospective cohort study.Therapeutic advances in infectious diseaseArticle
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Abstract
The limited performance of echocardiography in specific infectious processes involving the heart led to the search for additional diagnostic tools. Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography computed tomography (FDG PET/CT) has been proposed for its diagnostic abilities in several infectious diseases including cardiac infections. A literature review of studies evaluating FDG PET/CT in native valve infective endocarditis (IE), prosthetic valve IE, cardiac implantable electrical device (CIED) infection, and left ventricular assist device (LVAD) infection is presented, focusing on studies published in recent years. Overall, in prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE), FDG PET/CT demonstrate high sensitivity (73-93%) and specificity (80-95%), while in native valve endocarditis (NVE) the sensitivity is very low (22-68%), with high specificity (97-100%) similar to PVE. For CIED, LVAD infection, and transcatheter aortic valve implantation associated endocarditis, data come from small studies and show good diagnostic performance of FDG PET/CT. International guidelines are increasingly recommending FDG PET/CT for the diagnosis of specific conditions of cardiac infections. Beyond the diagnostic performance ability, few studies have evaluated the added benefit of FDG PET/CT in terms of clinical outcomes of patients with suspected cardiac infection. This should be the focus in future studies.
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