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[18F]FDG PET/CT advanced imaging in crucial management steps of a child affected by hypoplastic left heart syndrome
verfasst von:
Milena Pizzoferro, Marco Alfonso Perrone, Saadi Sollaku, Emanuele Casciani, Claudio Altini, Maria Felicia Villani, Aurelio Secinaro, Maria Carmen Garganese
Erschienen in:
European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
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Ausgabe 11/2023
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Excerpt
A 6-year-old girl with hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) associated with Turner syndrome (TS) was submitted to multiple reconstructive surgery and affected by a recent episode of cardiac infection. After adequate medical therapy, [18]FDG PET imaging was performed ruling out the presence of a persistent/residual infection, and the patient was included in the transplantation list to give a chance of an improved survival life expectation. …