“Heart Vision” is a new CardiaCast podcast series stemming from the ACC Cardiovascular Imaging Section Leadership Council. This podcast series will tackle topics on emerging multimodality imaging data, trends, practice patterns, disease status and advocacy effort.  

In this episode, Drs. Jamie Bourque and Mathew Parker discuss the multimodality assessment of suspected or known cardiovascular infection, including:  

• the application, strength, and limitations of echocardiography 

• when additional advanced imaging can be helpful for patient management 

• assessment of extracardiac manifestations of cardiovascular infection 

• the role of radionuclide imaging in native valve endocarditis 

 Related References:  

Bourque J, Birgersdotter-Green U, Bravo P, et al. 18F-FDG PET/CT and radiolabeled leukocyte SPECT/CT imaging for the evaluation of cardiovascular infection in the multimodality context: ASNC imaging indications (ASNC I2) series expert consensus recommendations from ASNC, AATS, ACC, AHA, ASE, EANM, HRS, IDSA, SCCT, SNMMI, and STS. J Am Coll Cardiol Img 2024;Mar 11:[ePub ahead of print].