Vol 68, No 7 (2010)
Chorzy trudni nietypowi
Published online: 2010-07-20
Differentiation between vegetation and lead associated thrombus - role of PET scan in difficult diagnostic process
DOI: 10.33963/v.kp.79675
Kardiol Pol 2010;68(7):797-801.
Abstract
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.
Kardiol Pol 2010; 68, 7: 797-801
Kardiol Pol 2010; 68, 7: 797-801
Keywords: cardiac device related infective endocarditislead associated thrombosisPET scan
