Confounders in FDG-PET/CT Imaging of Suspected Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis

JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2016 Dec;9(12):1462-1465. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2016.01.024. Epub 2016 Jun 22.

Authors

Asbjørn Mathias Scholtens¹, Laurens E Swart², Hein Jan Verberne³, Wilco Tanis⁴, Marnix G E H Lam⁵, Ricardo P J Budde²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Nuclear Medicine, Meander Medical Center, Amersfoort, the Netherlands. Electronic address: a.scholtens@meandermc.nl.
² Department of Radiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
³ Department of Nuclear Medicine, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Cardiology, HagaZiekenhuis, the Hague, the Netherlands.
⁵ Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Center, Utrecht, the Netherlands.

PMID: 27344422
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2016.01.024

No abstract available

Keywords: computed tomography; endocarditis; fluorodeoxyglucose F18; heart valve prosthesis; positron emission tomography.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Confounding Factors, Epidemiologic
Endocarditis / diagnostic imaging*
Endocarditis / etiology
Endocarditis / therapy
False Negative Reactions
False Positive Reactions
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 / administration & dosage*
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / adverse effects*
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / instrumentation*
Heart Valve Prosthesis*
Heart Valves / diagnostic imaging*
Heart Valves / surgery*
Humans
Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography*
Predictive Value of Tests
Radiopharmaceuticals / administration & dosage*
Reproducibility of Results

Substances

Radiopharmaceuticals
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18