放射線科YEN, RUOH-FANGRUOH-FANGYENCHEN, YEE-CHUNYEE-CHUNCHENWU, YEN-WENYEN-WENWUPAN, MEI-HSIUMEI-HSIUPANCHANG, SHAN-CHWENSHAN-CHWENCHANG2009-01-162018-07-122009-01-162018-07-122004http://ntur.lib.ntu.edu.tw//handle/246246/97020Rationale 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.en-US18-fluoro-2-deoxyglucosepositron emission tomographyinfective endocarditis