RUOH-FANG YENYEE-CHUN CHENYEN-WEN WUPan M.-H.SHAN-CHWEN CHANG2020-09-232020-09-2320041076-6332https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/514531Rationale 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.[SDGs]SDG3fluorodeoxyglucose f 18; adult; aged; article; bacterial endocarditis; blood culture; clinical article; diagnostic imaging; echocardiography; endocarditis; Escherichia coli; female; human; image analysis; male; Marfan syndrome; positron emission tomography; priority journal; rheumatic heart disease; Salmonella; Staphylococcus aureus; Staphylococcus epidermidis; valvular heart diseasejournal article10.1016/S1076-6332(03)00715-3150355222-s2.0-1442305802