Is elevated ( 18 ) F-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake in the interventricular septum associated with atrioventricular block in patients with suspected cardiac involvement sarcoidosis?
Patients with ECG abnormalities showed a higher number of abnormal (18)F-FDG myocardial uptake regions than patients without ECG abnormalities. In particular, focal (18)F-FDG uptake in the interventricular septum in cardiac sarcoidosis was associated with AV block. Therefore, determination of regional (18)F-FDG distribution might contribute to patient management in cardiac sarcoidosis.
Preoperative thrombocytosis is associated with survival after surgery in CRC patients, and is able to divide such patients into two independent groups before surgery.