The detection of infectious endocarditis may be enhanced by a repeat FDG-PET while maintaining patients on a ketogenic diet.

Date publication

février 2022

Journal

Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr MARIE Pierre-Yves, Dr CLAUDIN Marine

Tous les auteurs :
Germaini M, Boursier C, Goehringer F, Selton-Suty C, Lefevre B, Roch V, Imbert L, Claudin M, Chevalier E, Marie PY

Lien Pubmed

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35194753

Résumé

This study aims to determine whether the suppression of myocardial FDG uptake and detection of infectious endocarditis (IE) may be enhanced when FDG-PET is repeated on the next day while maintaining patients on a ketogenic diet in the interim.

Mots clés

Infective endocarditis, PET-FDG, low-carbohydrate diet

Référence

J Nucl Cardiol. 2022 Feb 22;: