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Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography for the Diagnosis of Endocarditis in Patients With Pulmonic Stented Valve/Pulmonic Stent

I Yedidya, GY Stein, M Vaturi... - The Annals of ..., 2011 - Soc Thorac Surgeons Percutaneous pulmonic valve and pulmonic stent implantation have become a well-established treatment for recurrent pulmonic stenosis or insufficiency in patients with repaired congenital heart disease. Late endocarditis is seldom reported, but its diagnosis might be ...

Idit Yedidya, M Da,b, Gideon Y. Stein, M Da,e, Mordehay Vaturi, M Db,d, Leonard Blieden, M Db,e, Haana Bernstine, M Dc, Silvio D. Pitlik, M Dd,e, Shmuel Fuchs, M Da,e,*

a Department of Internal Medicine "B," Beilinson Hospital, Rabin Medical Center, Petah-Tikva, Israel

b Cardiology Department, Beilinson Hospital, Rabin Medical Center, Petah-Tikva, Israel

c Department of Nuclear Medicine, Beilinson Hospital, Rabin Medical Center, Petah-Tikva, Israel

d Department of Internal Medicine "C," Beilinson Hospital, Rabin Medical Center, Petah-Tikva, Israel

e The Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

Accepted for publication June 7, 2010.

Percutaneous pulmonic valve and pulmonic stent implantation have become a well-established treatment for recurrent pulmonic stenosis or insufficiency in patients with repaired congenital heart disease. Late endocarditis is seldom reported, but its diagnosis might be challenging due to the limited visualization of the stented valve or stent by transesophageal echocardiography. We present 2 young patients who were hospitalized for suspected endocarditis and in whom the diagnosis was made with the aid of positron emission tomography/computed tomography scan.