Using 18-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose positron emission tomography in detecting infectious endocarditis/endoarteritis: a
Ruoh-Fang Yen1, Yee-Chun Chen, Yen-Wen Wu
1Department of Nuclear Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, No. 7, Chung-Shan South Road, Taipei 10016, Taiwan. rfyen@ha.mc.ntu.edu.tw
Rationale And Objectives:
We evaluated the effectiveness of positron emission tomography (PET) with 18-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose (FDG) in the detection of infectious endocarditis/endoarteritis.
Materials And Methods:
For this study, we recruited 6 patients (4 women, 2 men; age range, 35 - 78 years; mean age, 55.8 +/- 16.8 years) who were clinically diagnosed as having infective endocarditis/endoarteritis by their echocardiographic findings and by Duke criteria.
Results:
For all 6 patients, we also found increased FDG uptakes in the corresponding areas detected in echocardiography.
Conclusion:
FDG-PET appears to be a promising tool in diagnosing infective endocarditis/endoarteritis, and further prospective studies on a large scale to fully exploit the usefulness of FDG-PET for infective endocarditis/endoarteritis are needed.
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