Diagnostic value of 18F-FDG PET/cardiac CT in late prosthetic aortic endocarditis with periprosthetic abscess

Rev Esp Med Nucl Imagen Mol. 2017 Jan-Feb;36(1):59-60. doi: 10.1016/j.remn.2016.06.007. Epub 2016 Aug 1.
[Article in English, Spanish]
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Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abscess / diagnostic imaging*
  • Abscess / drug therapy
  • Abscess / surgery
  • Aged
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Aortic Valve / diagnostic imaging*
  • Aortic Valve Stenosis / surgery
  • Bioprosthesis / adverse effects*
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Device Removal
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / diagnostic imaging*
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / drug therapy
  • Endocarditis, Bacterial / surgery
  • Fluorine Radioisotopes
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis / adverse effects*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography / methods*
  • Prosthesis-Related Infections / diagnostic imaging*
  • Prosthesis-Related Infections / drug therapy
  • Prosthesis-Related Infections / surgery
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Reoperation
  • Streptococcal Infections / diagnostic imaging*
  • Streptococcal Infections / drug therapy
  • Streptococcal Infections / surgery
  • Streptococcus gallolyticus*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Fluorine Radioisotopes
  • Radiopharmaceuticals
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Fluorine-18