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

• Main Authors: Alisa Klaipetch, Osamu Manabe, Noriko Oyama-Manabe, Satoru Chiba, Masanao Naya, Shiro Yamada, Kenji Hirata, Hiroyuki Tsutsui, Nagara Tamaki
• Format: Journal
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Medicine
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=84876073278&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/51823
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

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...