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Images in cardiology
18F-FDG positron emission tomography CT and assessment of aortitis
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A 53-year-old woman with Takayasu aortitis presented with acute pulmonary oedema due to severe aortic regurgitation. Echocardiography revealed a non-dilated aortic root, a tricuspid aortic valve with normal leaflet morphology but with severe aortic regurgitation and a dilated left ventricle (Left ventricular end diastolic diameter 6.1 cm). A fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG …
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