Open AccessThe role of 18F fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (18F-FDG-PET) in children with rheumatic carditis and chronic rheumatic heart disease
Author(s) -
C.M. Nagesh,
Anitá Saxena,
Chetan Patel,
Sellam Karunanithi,
Murali Nadig,
Arun Malhotra
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
nuclear medicine review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.216
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1644-4345
pISSN - 1506-9680
DOI - 10.5603/nmr.2015.0006
Subject(s) - medicine , carditis , positron emission tomography , heart disease , nuclear medicine , rheumatic disease , cardiology , radiology , rheumatic fever , disease
We report the use of positron emission tomography (PET) using 18F-FDG for the diagnosis of carditis in children with rheumatic heart disease (RHD).