May 21, 2008Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Pulmonary Hypertension Findings Detected by F-18 FDG PET Scan

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Population

1 72-year-old female patient with severe pulmonary hypertension, moderate tricuspid regurgitation, and a…

Design

Case_report

Authors

YAYael AbikhzerJewish General Hospital SPStephan ProbstJewish General Hospital CRChristopher RushGuy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

Discussion

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Implication

Intense RV FDG uptake on PET may reflect hypertrophy/strain from pulmonary hypertension; this case report leaves open validation in larger cohorts.

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Population

1 72-year-old female patient with severe pulmonary hypertension, moderate tricuspid regurgitation, and a moderately dilated, mildly hypokinetic right ventricle.

Intervention

F-18 FDG PET scan

Outcome

Incidental finding of intense right ventricular FDG uptakesurrogate

F-18 FDG PET scanning may incidentally detect intense right ventricular uptake in patients with severe pulmonary hypertension due to right ventricular hypertrophy and strain.

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Abikhzer et al. (2008) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8e9c5e90e8ec90ff28e015 https://doi.org/10.1097/rlu.0b013e31817082ad

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Implication

Intense RV FDG uptake on PET may reflect hypertrophy/strain from pulmonary hypertension; this case report leaves open validation in larger cohorts.