Diagnosis of myocardial abscess secondary to infective endocarditis by ¹⁸F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography

Med Clin (Barc). 2017 Feb 23;148(4):e21-e22. doi: 10.1016/j.medcli.2016.11.017. Epub 2016 Dec 27.

[Article in English, Spanish]

Authors

José López-Aguilera¹, Amador López-Granados², Dolores Mesa-Rubio²

Affiliations

¹ Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Córdoba, España/Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba (IMIBIC), España. Electronic address: mircardjla@gmail.com.
² Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Córdoba, España/Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba (IMIBIC), España.

PMID: 28038859
DOI: 10.1016/j.medcli.2016.11.017

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Abscess / diagnostic imaging*
Abscess / etiology
Cardiomyopathies / diagnostic imaging*
Cardiomyopathies / etiology
Endocarditis, Bacterial / complications*
Endocarditis, Bacterial / diagnosis
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Positron-Emission Tomography / methods*
Radiopharmaceuticals*
Staphylococcal Infections / diagnostic imaging*
Staphylococcal Infections / etiology

Substances

Radiopharmaceuticals
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18