Cardiac (18)F-FDG PET/CT with heparin detects infective vegetation in a patient with mechanical valve replacement.

Cardiac (18)F-FDG PET/CT with heparin detects infective vegetation in a patient with mechanical valve replacement.

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 me...

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Main Authors: Klaipetch A., Manabe O., Oyama-Manabe N., Chiba S., Naya M., Yamada S., Hirata K., Tsutsui H., Tamaki N.
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spelling th-cmuir.6653943832-426932017-09-28T06:35:21Z Cardiac (18)F-FDG PET/CT with heparin detects infective vegetation in a patient with mechanical valve replacement. Klaipetch A. Manabe O. Oyama-Manabe N. Chiba S. Naya M. Yamada S. Hirata K. Tsutsui H. Tamaki N. 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. 2017-09-28T06:35:21Z 2017-09-28T06:35:21Z 2012-12-01 Journal 2-s2.0-84876073278 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=84876073278&origin=inward http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/42693
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description 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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author Klaipetch A.
Manabe O.
Oyama-Manabe N.
Chiba S.
Naya M.
Yamada S.
Hirata K.
Tsutsui H.
Tamaki N.
spellingShingle Klaipetch A.
Manabe O.
Oyama-Manabe N.
Chiba S.
Naya M.
Yamada S.
Hirata K.
Tsutsui H.
Tamaki N.
Cardiac (18)F-FDG PET/CT with heparin detects infective vegetation in a patient with mechanical valve replacement.
author_facet Klaipetch A.
Manabe O.
Oyama-Manabe N.
Chiba S.
Naya M.
Yamada S.
Hirata K.
Tsutsui H.
Tamaki N.
author_sort Klaipetch A.
title Cardiac (18)F-FDG PET/CT with heparin detects infective vegetation in a patient with mechanical valve replacement.
title_short Cardiac (18)F-FDG PET/CT with heparin detects infective vegetation in a patient with mechanical valve replacement.
title_full Cardiac (18)F-FDG PET/CT with heparin detects infective vegetation in a patient with mechanical valve replacement.
title_fullStr Cardiac (18)F-FDG PET/CT with heparin detects infective vegetation in a patient with mechanical valve replacement.
title_full_unstemmed Cardiac (18)F-FDG PET/CT with heparin detects infective vegetation in a patient with mechanical valve replacement.
title_sort cardiac (18)f-fdg pet/ct with heparin detects infective vegetation in a patient with mechanical valve replacement.
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