Erschienen in:
08.07.2020 | Editorial
Vascular graft infection: Improving diagnosis with functional imaging
verfasst von:
Matthieu Pelletier-Galarneau, MD, MSc, Daniel Juneau, MD
Erschienen in:
Journal of Nuclear Cardiology
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Ausgabe 6/2022
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Excerpt
Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging with fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) has seen increased applications in the cardiovascular realm over the last decades. Its usefulness is already established in a wide range of conditions, including myocardial viability imaging, assessment of inflammation in diseases such as sarcoidosis and vasculitis, as well as imaging of infectious processes, such as infective endocarditis and cardiac implantable electronic device infection.
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4 In addition, FDG-PET is emerging as a useful tool in several other cardiovascular applications such as for the diagnosis of vascular graft infection (VGI).
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