Increased Fluorine-18 Fluorodeoxyglucose Uptake in the Right Atrial Wall in a Patient With Atrial Fibrillation

1 February 1999

journal article
case report
Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Vol. 24 (2) , 136-137
https://doi.org/10.1097/00003072-199902000-00020

Abstract

A 48-year-old woman was included in an oncology screening program using fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose whole-body PET. The right atrial wall was imaged clearly on PET images. It was speculated that the metabolism of glucose in the right atrial wall was increased, because the patient had atrial fibrillation.

Keywords

RIGHT ATRIAL WALL
FLUORINE
FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE
PET IMAGES
BODY PET
SCREENING PROGRAM

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