Serial 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/CT angiography in transcatheter-implanted aortic valve endocarditis

Eur Heart J. 2016 Oct 14;37(39):3059. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehw242. Epub 2016 Jun 26.

Authors

Laurens E Swart^{1

2}, Asbjørn M Scholtens³, Crista Liesting⁴, Nicolas M D A van Mieghem², Gabriel P Krestin⁵, Jolien W Roos-Hesselink², Ricardo P J Budde^{5

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Ca-207a, 's-Gravendijkwal 230, 3015 CE Rotterdam, The Netherlands [email protected] [email protected].
² Department of Cardiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
³ Department of Nuclear Medicine, Meander Medical Center, Amersfoort, The Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Cardiology, Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
⁵ Department of Radiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Ca-207a, 's-Gravendijkwal 230, 3015 CE Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

PMID: 27354051
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehw242

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Video-Audio Media

MeSH terms

Aged
Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
Aortic Valve / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Valve / surgery*
Computed Tomography Angiography
Endocarditis, Bacterial / diagnostic imaging*
Endocarditis, Bacterial / drug therapy
Female
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
Humans
Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography*
Postoperative Complications / diagnostic imaging*
Postoperative Complications / drug therapy
Radiopharmaceuticals*
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement / adverse effects*

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents
Radiopharmaceuticals
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18