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Enterococcal Endocarditis: A Rare Cause of Focal Cardiac Uptake in Infarct-Avid Myocardial Scintigraphy

Enterococcal Endocarditis: A Rare Cause of Focal Cardiac Uptake in Infarct-Avid Myocardial... Abstract • A patient with enterococcal endocarditis and mitral valve vegetations showed focal activity in the mitral valve complex in images obtained with two bone-seeking radiopharmaceutials: technetium Tc 99m pyrophosphate and technetium Tc 99m medronate. Infective endocarditis is a rare cause of focal cardiac uptake in both infarct-avid myocardial scintigraphy and routine bone imaging. (Arch Intern Med 1982;142:1360-1362) References 1. Lyons KP, Olson HG, Aronow WS: Pyrophosphate myocardial imaging. Semin Nucl Med 1980;10:168-177.Crossref 2. Riba AL, Downs J, Thakur ML, et al: Technetium-99m stannous pyrophosphate imaging of experimental infective endocarditis. Circulation 1978;58:111-119.Crossref 3. Sty JR, Chusid MJ: Tc-99m pyrophosphate imaging: Bacterial endocarditis. Pediatr Radiol 1979;8:223-224.Crossref 4. Bonte FJ, Parkey RW, Graham KD, et al: A new method for radionuclide imaging of myocardial infarcts. Radiology 1974;110:473-474.Crossref 5. Buja LM, Tofe AJ, Kulkarni PV, et al: Sites and mechanisms of localization of technetium-99m-phosphorous radiopharmaceuticals in acute myocardial infarcts and other tissues. J Clin Invest 1977;60:724-740.Crossref 6. Jengo JA, Mena I, Joe SH, et al: The significance of calcific valvular heart disease in Tc-99m pyrophosphate myocardial infarction scanning: Radiographic, scintigraphic, and pathologic correlation. JNM 1977;18:776-781. 7. Melvin ET, Berger M, Lutzker LG, et al: Noninvasive methods for detection of valve vegetations in infective endocarditis. Am J Cardiol 1981;47:271-278.Crossref http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of Internal Medicine American Medical Association

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10.1001/archinte.1982.00340200128023
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Abstract • A patient with enterococcal endocarditis and mitral valve vegetations showed focal activity in the mitral valve complex in images obtained with two bone-seeking radiopharmaceutials: technetium Tc 99m pyrophosphate and technetium Tc 99m medronate. Infective endocarditis is a rare cause of focal cardiac uptake in both infarct-avid myocardial scintigraphy and routine bone imaging. (Arch Intern Med 1982;142:1360-1362) References 1. Lyons KP, Olson HG, Aronow WS: Pyrophosphate myocardial imaging. Semin Nucl Med 1980;10:168-177.Crossref 2. Riba AL, Downs J, Thakur ML, et al: Technetium-99m stannous pyrophosphate imaging of experimental infective endocarditis. Circulation 1978;58:111-119.Crossref 3. Sty JR, Chusid MJ: Tc-99m pyrophosphate imaging: Bacterial endocarditis. Pediatr Radiol 1979;8:223-224.Crossref 4. Bonte FJ, Parkey RW, Graham KD, et al: A new method for radionuclide imaging of myocardial infarcts. Radiology 1974;110:473-474.Crossref 5. Buja LM, Tofe AJ, Kulkarni PV, et al: Sites and mechanisms of localization of technetium-99m-phosphorous radiopharmaceuticals in acute myocardial infarcts and other tissues. J Clin Invest 1977;60:724-740.Crossref 6. Jengo JA, Mena I, Joe SH, et al: The significance of calcific valvular heart disease in Tc-99m pyrophosphate myocardial infarction scanning: Radiographic, scintigraphic, and pathologic correlation. JNM 1977;18:776-781. 7. Melvin ET, Berger M, Lutzker LG, et al: Noninvasive methods for detection of valve vegetations in infective endocarditis. Am J Cardiol 1981;47:271-278.Crossref

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Published: Jul 1, 1982

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