TY - JOUR
T1 - Cardiac (18)F-FDG PET/CT with heparin detects infective vegetation in a patient with mechanical valve replacement.
AU - Klaipetch, Alisa
AU - Manabe, Osamu
AU - Oyama-Manabe, Noriko
AU - Chiba, Satoru
AU - Naya, Masanao
AU - Yamada, Shiro
AU - Hirata, Kenji
AU - Tsutsui, Hiroyuki
AU - Tamaki, Nagara
PY - 2012/12
Y1 - 2012/12
N2 - We report the usefulness of F-FDG PET/CT for the detection and therapy evaluation of the infective vegetation. A 64-year-old man with history of aortic valve replacement presented with 2 months of fever without identifiable cause. Echocardiogram showed no inflammation vegetation or abnormality of mechanical valve function. FDG PET/CT with 50 IU/kg IV heparin revealed focal uptakes near the mechanical aortic valve. After antibiotics therapy, fever was ameliorated, and FDG PET/CT findings showed markedly decreased uptake of the lesions. FDG PET/CT is a powerful tool to detect endocarditis even in patients with no anatomical abnormalities.
AB - We report the usefulness of F-FDG PET/CT for the detection and therapy evaluation of the infective vegetation. A 64-year-old man with history of aortic valve replacement presented with 2 months of fever without identifiable cause. Echocardiogram showed no inflammation vegetation or abnormality of mechanical valve function. FDG PET/CT with 50 IU/kg IV heparin revealed focal uptakes near the mechanical aortic valve. After antibiotics therapy, fever was ameliorated, and FDG PET/CT findings showed markedly decreased uptake of the lesions. FDG PET/CT is a powerful tool to detect endocarditis even in patients with no anatomical abnormalities.
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U2 - 10.1097/rlu.0b013e318251e3f4
DO - 10.1097/rlu.0b013e318251e3f4
M3 - Article
C2 - 23154479
AN - SCOPUS:84876073278
SN - 0363-9762
VL - 37
SP - 1184
EP - 1185
JO - Clinical Nuclear Medicine
JF - Clinical Nuclear Medicine
IS - 12
ER -