18FDG-positron emission tomography (PET) has a role to play in the diagnosis and therapy of infective endocarditis and cardiac device infection

2013 ◽  
Vol 167 (5) ◽  
pp. 1724-1736 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Cherie Millar ◽  
Bernard D. Prendergast ◽  
Abass Alavi ◽  
John E. Moore
Keyword(s):  
Positron Emission Tomography ◽  
Infective Endocarditis ◽  
Emission Tomography ◽  
Cardiac Device ◽  
Diagnosis And Therapy ◽  
Positron Emission ◽  
Device Infection ◽  
18Fdg Positron Emission Tomography ◽  
Cardiac Device Infection

An unusual agent for an unusual localization of infective endocarditis

Perfusion ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (8) ◽  
pp. 691-694 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jens Litmathe ◽  
Rene Fussen ◽  
Alexander Heinzel ◽  
Marguerite Müller ◽  
Christoph Sucker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Positron Emission Tomography ◽  
Infective Endocarditis ◽  
Mitral Valve ◽  
Transesophageal Echocardiography ◽  
Young Patient ◽  
Papillary Muscle ◽  
Clinical Course ◽  
Emission Tomography ◽  
Infectious Agents ◽  
Positron Emission

We report on a 32-year-old male patient with acute left-hemispheric stroke caused by embolism due to infective endocarditis affected from the HACEK group. Additionally, atypical findings from the transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) which showed fluttering structures belonging to the papillary muscle could be proven as infectious agents with the help of a glucose positron emission tomography (PET) scan. TEE controls showed increasing vegetation involving the mitral valve so that surgery became necessary. The current work reflects, in detail, the emergent clinical course of this young patient, suffering from both an unusual localization and an infrequent cause of endocarditis and focuses on an actual view to the literature.

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