99mTc-pyrophosphate imaging: bacterial endocarditis.
The authors describe a positive 99mTc-Pyrophosphate (99mTc-PYP) myocardial scan in a child with congenital cyanotic heart disease who developed bacterial endocarditis.
D002675:Child, Preschool; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000150:complications; D013291:Streptococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013667:Technetium; D013771:Tetralogy of Fallot / Q000150:complications*
D013667:Technetium