[Differentiation between vegetation and lead associated thrombus - role of PET scan in difficult diagnostic process].
We report a case of a 59 year-old man with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy who developed a pathological structure attached to the lead of cardioverter-defibrillator that has been detected by echocardiography. The authors describe a difficult differential diagnostic process aiming at the differentiation between cardiac device-related infective endocarditis and lead-associated thrombus. Imaging of the heart with a pathological structure using PET scan seems to be useful in these clinical circumstances.
Niewiński
Piotr
P
Osrodek Chorob Serca, Wroclaw. pnsky@poczta.onet.pl
Jankowska
Ewa A
EA
Cwynar
Aldona
A
Wojtas
Katarzyna
K
Kustrzycka-Kratochwil
Dorota
D
Barg
Zofia
Z
Banasiak
Waldemar
W
Ponikowski
Piotr
P
D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D004566:Electrodes / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology