Early diagnosis of cardiac implantable electronic device generator pocket infection using 18F-FDG-PET/CT

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 521-530

  Ahmed, Fozia Zahir ^a,b   James, Jacqueline ^b   Cunnington, Colin ^b   Motwani, Manish ^b   Fullwood, Catherine ^a,b   Hooper, Jacquelyn ^b   Burns, Phillipa ^b   Qamruddin, Ahmed ^b   Al Bahrani, Ghada ^b   Armstrong, Ian ^b   Tout, Deborah ^b   Clarke, Bernard ^a,b   Sandoe, Jonathan A T ^c   Arumugam, Parthiban ^b   Mamas, Mamas A ^a,b   Zaidi, Amir M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

18F FDG PET CT; Generator pocket infection; Imaging and diagnostics; Infection; Nuclear cardiology; Pacemakers

Indexed keywords

FLUORINE 18; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMPLANT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR IMAGING; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DEVICE REMOVAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERY ELDERLY; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; DEVICE REMOVAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84929200811     PISSN: 20472404     EISSN: 20472412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jeu295     Document Type: Article

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