18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/CT in the diagnosis of right-sided endocarditis in children and adults with infective endocarditis.

Sezen Ugan Atik Perver Arslan Seçkin Bilgiç Kerim Sonmezoglu Erman Çilsal Selman Gokalp Alper Güzeltaş

Published in: Cardiology in the young (2024)

Our results, along with our clinical experience, demonstrate that fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography-CT is a safe and viable method for diagnosing right-sided endocarditis, which is often challenging to visualize using echocardiography.

Keyphrases

positron emission tomography
computed tomography
dual energy
image quality
contrast enhanced
pet imaging
pet ct
magnetic resonance imaging
young adults
left ventricular
pulmonary hypertension
heart failure