Multimodality imaging in the diagnosis and management of prosthetic valve endocarditis: A contemporary narrative review

Figure 7 18-fluorodeoxyglucose photon emission tomography/computed tomography in a patient with prosthetic aortic valve endocarditis complicated by septic emboli. For details of clinical presentation, refer to Figure 6. Noted increased ¹⁸F-FDG-uptake along the aortic root graft (A-C: Blue arrow) and distant septic foci at the level of L3-L4 with extension of abnormal hypermetabolism into the left psoas muscle consistent with L3-L4 discitis and left psoas muscle abscess (A and D: Orange arrow).