18F-FDG PET/CT-derived total lesion glycolysis predicts abscess formation in patients with surgically confirmed infective endocarditis : Results of a retrospective study at a tertiary center

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BACKGROUND: Abnormal activity of 18F-FDG PET/CT is a major Duke criterion in the diagnostic work-up of infective prosthetic valve endocarditis (IE). We hypothesized that quantitative lesion assessment by 18F-FDG PET/CT-derived standard maximum uptake ratio (SURmax), metabolic volume (MV), and total lesion glycolysis (TLG) might be useful in distinct subgroups of IE patients (e.g. IE-related abscess formation).

METHODS: All patients (n = 27) hospitalized in our tertiary IE referral medical center from January 2014 to October 2018 with preoperatively performed 18F-FDG PET/CT and surgically confirmed IE were included into this retrospective analysis.

RESULTS: Patients with surgically confirmed abscess formation (n = 10) had significantly increased MV (by ~ fivefold) and TLG (by ~ sevenfold) as compared to patients without abscess (n = 17). Receiver operation characteristics (ROC) analyses demonstrated that TLG (calculated as MV × SURmean, i.e. TLG (SUR)) had the most favorable area under the ROC curve (0.841 [CI 0.659 to 1.000]) in predicting IE-related abscess formation. This resulted in a sensitivity of 80% and a specificity of 88% at a cut-off value of 14.14 mL for TLG (SUR).

CONCLUSION: We suggest that 18F-FDG PET/CT-derived quantitative assessment of TLG (SUR) may provide a novel diagnostic tool in predicting endocarditis-associated abscess formation.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

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2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:30

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Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology - 30(2023), 6 vom: 01. Dez., Seite 2400-2414

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sag, Sabine Julia Maria [VerfasserIn]
Menhart, Karin [VerfasserIn]
Hitzenbichler, Florian [VerfasserIn]
Schmid, Christof [VerfasserIn]
Hofheinz, Frank [VerfasserIn]
van den Hoff, Jörg [VerfasserIn]
Maier, Lars Siegfried [VerfasserIn]
Hellwig, Dirk [VerfasserIn]
Grosse, Jirka [VerfasserIn]
Sag, Can Martin [VerfasserIn]

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0Z5B2CJX4D
18F-FDG PET/CT
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
Infective endocarditis
Journal Article
Radiopharmaceuticals
Total lesion glycolysis
Valve abscess

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Date Completed 28.11.2023

Date Revised 13.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s12350-023-03285-5

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NLM357662938