https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/201479
標題: | Using 18-Fluoro-2-Deoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography in Detectinq Infectious Endocarditis/Endoarteritis: A Preliminary Report | 作者: | YEN, RUOH-FANG CHEN, YEE-CHUN WU, YEN-WEN PAN, MEI-HSIU CHANG, SHAN-CHWEN |
關鍵字: | 18-fluoro-2-deoxyglucose;positron emission tomography;infective endocarditis | 公開日期: | 2004 | 卷: | v.11 | 期: | n.3 | 起(迄)頁: | 316-321 | 來源出版物: | ACADEMIC RADIOLOGY | 摘要: | 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. |
URI: | http://ntur.lib.ntu.edu.tw//handle/246246/97020 |
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