Diagnostic challenge of annular abscess in a patient with prosthetic aortic valve: can F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography be helpful?

Rev Esp Cardiol (Engl Ed). 2012 Mar;65(3):296-8. doi: 10.1016/j.recesp.2011.05.017. Epub 2011 Aug 26.

[Article in English, Spanish]

Authors

Jaume Pons, Francis Morin, Mathieu Bernier, Jean Perron, Mario Sénéchal

PMID: 21872381
DOI: 10.1016/j.recesp.2011.05.017

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Abscess / diagnostic imaging*
Abscess / surgery
Adult
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Aortic Valve / diagnostic imaging*
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Endocarditis, Bacterial / diagnostic imaging*
Endocarditis, Bacterial / surgery
Female
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation
Heart Valve Prosthesis*
Humans
Positron-Emission Tomography
Radiopharmaceuticals
Reoperation
Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Radiopharmaceuticals
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18