Endarteritis of coarctation of the aorta diagnosed with PET-CT
Infective endocarditis (IE) is an infectious disease that affects the endothelium of the large intrathoracic vessels, heart valves, and intra-cardiac foreign body material. A 20-year-old woman was admitted to the cardiology department with complaints of fever and palpitations. Transthoracic echocard...
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| author | Ümit Yaşar Sinan Burcu Dirlik Serim Rukiye Yıldırım Özge Çetinarslan Mehmet Serdar Küçükoğlu |
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| description | Infective endocarditis (IE) is an infectious disease that affects the endothelium of the large intrathoracic vessels, heart valves, and intra-cardiac foreign body material. A 20-year-old woman was admitted to the cardiology department with complaints of fever and palpitations. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed a bicuspid aortic valve, aortic root enlargement, and aortic coarctation. Transesophageal echocardiography revealed a bicuspid aortic valve, but there was no vegetation. Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus was identified on a blood culture. 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography (18F-FDG PET-CT) revealed increased intensive glucose uptake on the dilated aortic segment adjacent to the distal coarctation zone. Several reports have shown promising results for radio-labelled white blood cell single-photon emission computed tomography and 18F-FDG PET-CT imaging in IE. To our knowledge, this is the first described case in which PET-CT revealed endarteritis of the descending aorta in a patient without prosthetic material. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-14889ebdebd24ca1870608a8117bddf42023-02-15T16:10:20ZengKARE PublishingTürk Kardiyoloji Derneği Arşivi1016-51692018-01-01461666810.5543/tkda.2017.68246TKDA-68246Endarteritis of coarctation of the aorta diagnosed with PET-CTÜmit Yaşar Sinan0Burcu Dirlik Serim1Rukiye Yıldırım2Özge Çetinarslan3Mehmet Serdar Küçükoğlu4Department of Cardiology, İstanbul University Institute of Cardiology, İstanbul, TurkeyDepartment of Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, İstanbul University Institute of Cardiology, İstanbul, TurkeyDepartment of Cardiology, İstanbul University Institute of Cardiology, İstanbul, TurkeyDepartment of Cardiology, İstanbul University Institute of Cardiology, İstanbul, TurkeyDepartment of Cardiology, İstanbul University Institute of Cardiology, İstanbul, TurkeyInfective endocarditis (IE) is an infectious disease that affects the endothelium of the large intrathoracic vessels, heart valves, and intra-cardiac foreign body material. A 20-year-old woman was admitted to the cardiology department with complaints of fever and palpitations. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed a bicuspid aortic valve, aortic root enlargement, and aortic coarctation. Transesophageal echocardiography revealed a bicuspid aortic valve, but there was no vegetation. Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus was identified on a blood culture. 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography (18F-FDG PET-CT) revealed increased intensive glucose uptake on the dilated aortic segment adjacent to the distal coarctation zone. Several reports have shown promising results for radio-labelled white blood cell single-photon emission computed tomography and 18F-FDG PET-CT imaging in IE. To our knowledge, this is the first described case in which PET-CT revealed endarteritis of the descending aorta in a patient without prosthetic material.https://jag.journalagent.com/z4/download_fulltext.asp?pdir=tkd&un=TKDA-68246aortic coarctationaortitis; bacterial endocarditis; cardiac imaging; congenital heart disease; endarteritis; positron emission tomography-computed tomography. |
| spellingShingle | Ümit Yaşar Sinan Burcu Dirlik Serim Rukiye Yıldırım Özge Çetinarslan Mehmet Serdar Küçükoğlu Endarteritis of coarctation of the aorta diagnosed with PET-CT Türk Kardiyoloji Derneği Arşivi aortic coarctation aortitis; bacterial endocarditis; cardiac imaging; congenital heart disease; endarteritis; positron emission tomography-computed tomography. |
| title | Endarteritis of coarctation of the aorta diagnosed with PET-CT |
| title_full | Endarteritis of coarctation of the aorta diagnosed with PET-CT |
| title_fullStr | Endarteritis of coarctation of the aorta diagnosed with PET-CT |
| title_full_unstemmed | Endarteritis of coarctation of the aorta diagnosed with PET-CT |
| title_short | Endarteritis of coarctation of the aorta diagnosed with PET-CT |
| title_sort | endarteritis of coarctation of the aorta diagnosed with pet ct |
| topic | aortic coarctation aortitis; bacterial endocarditis; cardiac imaging; congenital heart disease; endarteritis; positron emission tomography-computed tomography. |
| url | https://jag.journalagent.com/z4/download_fulltext.asp?pdir=tkd&un=TKDA-68246 |
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