Usefulness of fluorine-18 positron emission tomography/computed tomography for identification of cardiovascular implantable electronic device infections

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 59, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 1616-1625

  Sarrazin, Jean Franois ^a   Philippon, Franois ^a   Tessier, Michel ^a   Guimond, Jean ^a   Molin, Franck ^a   Champagne, Jean ^a   Nault, Isabelle ^a   Blier, Louis ^a   Nadeau, Maxime ^a   Charbonneau, Lyne ^a   Trottier, Mikal ^a   O'Hara, Gilles ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

defibrillator; extraction; infection; pacemaker; PET scan

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR IMPLANTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE; CARDIOVASCULAR IMPLANTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INFECTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; CARDIOVASCULAR INFECTIONS; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MYOCARDITIS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; QUEBEC; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84860299779     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2011.11.059     Document Type: Article

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