Imaging plays a vital role in suggesting possible surgical sites and disseminated MC infection acquired from open heart surgery. Radiologists must keep a high index of suspicion given the indolent nature and subtle imaging change over time. PET/CT is most useful in diagnosis and helps in differentiating between a sterile postoperative fluid collection or scarring and active MC infection and helps provide a target for debridement.
Keyphrases
- minimally invasive
- pet ct
- high resolution
- coronary artery bypass
- heart failure
- mycobacterium tuberculosis
- patients undergoing
- atrial fibrillation
- positron emission tomography
- artificial intelligence
- magnetic resonance imaging
- surgical site infection
- magnetic resonance
- computed tomography
- acute coronary syndrome
- coronary artery disease
- mass spectrometry
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- contrast enhanced
- hodgkin lymphoma