Mosaic Bioprostheses May Mimic Infective Endocarditis by PET/CTA: Trust the Uptake Pattern to Avoid Misdiagnosis

Albert Roque; María N Pizzi; Nuria Fernández-Hidalgo; María Teresa González-Alujas; Remedios Ríos; Joan Castell-Conesa; Manuel Escobar; Ignacio Ferreira-González; Pilar Tornos; Santiago Aguadé-Bruix; Hug Cuellar-Calabria

doi:10.1016/j.jcmg.2019.11.019

Mosaic Bioprostheses May Mimic Infective Endocarditis by PET/CTA: Trust the Uptake Pattern to Avoid Misdiagnosis

JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2020 Oct;13(10):2239-2244. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2019.11.019. Epub 2020 Jan 15.

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain; IDI (Institut de Diagnòstic per la Imatge), Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Spain; Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Barcelona, Spain. Electronic address: albert_roque@hotmail.com.
² Department of Cardiology, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Spain; Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Barcelona, Spain.
³ Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Spain; Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Barcelona, Spain.
⁴ Department of Cardiology, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Spain.
⁵ Department of Cardiac Surgery, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Spain.
⁶ Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona; Spain; IDI (Institut de Diagnòstic per la Imatge), Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Spain.
⁷ Department of Radiology, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain; IDI (Institut de Diagnòstic per la Imatge), Barcelona, Spain.
⁸ Department of Cardiology, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Spain; CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain.
⁹ Department of Cardiology, Hospital Quirónsalud, Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Spain.
¹⁰ Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Spain; Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona; Spain.
¹¹ Department of Radiology, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain; IDI (Institut de Diagnòstic per la Imatge), Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona; Spain; Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Barcelona, Spain.

PMID: 31954645
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2019.11.019

No abstract available

Keywords: 18F-FDG PET/CT; cardiac tomography angiography; infective endocarditis.

MeSH terms

Bioprosthesis*
Diagnostic Errors
Endocarditis*
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
Humans
Positron-Emission Tomography
Predictive Value of Tests
Radiopharmaceuticals
Trust

Substances

Radiopharmaceuticals
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18