Role of gallium SPECT-CT in the diagnosis of left ventricular assist device infections

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2015, Pages e5-e10

  Levy, Dana T ^a   Minamoto, Grace Y ^a   Da Silva, Raphaella ^a   Puius, Yoram A ^a   Peck, Naomi ^a   Goldstein, Daniel ^a   D'alessandro, David ^a   Muggia, Victoria A ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

gallium; infection; LVAD

Indexed keywords

CLARIFICATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; GALLIUM;

EFFECTIVE IMAGING; IMAGING MODALITY; LEFT VENTRICULAR; PATIENT SPECIFIC;

LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICES;

GALLIUM 67; GALLIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE INFECTION; DRIVELINE INFECTION; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; PHOTON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; SEPTICEMIA; SERRATIA; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPECT SCANNER; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BACTEREMIA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC USE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

ADULT; AGED; BACTEREMIA; GALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84929045300     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: 1538943X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000000167     Document Type: Article

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