Identification of an infected left ventricular assist device after cardiac transplant by indium-111 WBC scintigraphy

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 16-17

  Roman, Christopher D ^a   Habibian, M Reza ^b   Martin, William H ^b,c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac transplantation; CT; Fever of unknown origin; Indium 111 WBC scintigraphy; Left ventricular assist device

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; INDIUM 111;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL LABELING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART GRAFT; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHOLE BODY SCINTISCANNING;

HEART VENTRICLES; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDITIS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE;

EID: 11144278771     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-200501000-00004     Document Type: Article

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