Are 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography results reliable in patients with ascending aortic grafts? A prospective study in non-infected patients.

Daniel Martinez LopezBegoña Rodríguez AlfonsoAntonio Ramos MartínezCarlos Esteban Martín LópezJuan Esteban de Villarreal SotoElsa Carolina Ríos RosadoSusana Villar GarcíaVíctor Manuel Ospina MosqueraSantiago Serrano FizRaúl Burgos LázaroPablo García-PavíaMercedes Mitjavila CasanovasAlberto Forteza-Gil

Published in: European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery (2021)

Non-infected ascending aortic grafts showed no predominant uptake pattern; they also showed increased 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose activity that could persist beyond the first year. Caution is therefore recommended when interpreting PET/CT images obtained during the first year after surgery.

Keyphrases

positron emission tomography
pet ct
aortic dissection
pulmonary artery
computed tomography
aortic valve
coronary artery
pulmonary hypertension
pulmonary arterial hypertension
left ventricular
pet imaging
deep learning
convolutional neural network
heart failure
machine learning