Economical aspect of PET/CT-guided diagnosis of suspected infective endocarditis in a patient with implantable cardioverter-defibrillator

Michal M Farkowski; Maciej Milkowski; Mirosław Dziuk; Mariusz Pytkowski; Marta Marciniak; Alicja Kraska; Hanna Szwed; Maciej Sterlinski

doi:10.1016/j.hrtlng.2014.04.002

Economical aspect of PET/CT-guided diagnosis of suspected infective endocarditis in a patient with implantable cardioverter-defibrillator

Heart Lung. 2014 Jul-Aug;43(4):341-3. doi: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2014.04.002. Epub 2014 May 22.

Authors

Michal M Farkowski¹, Maciej Milkowski², Mirosław Dziuk³, Mariusz Pytkowski⁴, Marta Marciniak⁴, Alicja Kraska⁴, Hanna Szwed⁴, Maciej Sterlinski⁴

Affiliations

¹ II Department of Coronary Artery Disease, Institute of Cardiology, Spartanska 1, 02-637 Warsaw, Poland. Electronic address: mfarkowski@gmail.com.
² Financial Department, Institute of Cardiology, Alpejska 42, 04-628 Warsaw, Poland.
³ Department of Nuclear Medicine, Military Institute of Medicine, Szaserow 128, 04-141 Warsaw, Poland.
⁴ II Department of Coronary Artery Disease, Institute of Cardiology, Spartanska 1, 02-637 Warsaw, Poland.

PMID: 24856231
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2014.04.002

Abstract

We present a case report of potential reduction of hospitalization costs due to utilization of PET/CT in a diagnostic work-up of a patient with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator and suspicion of infective endocarditis. The PET/CT scan would have shorten hospital stay, prevented clinical complications and reduced the cost of hospitalization by 45%.

Keywords: Cardiac implantable electronic device; Cost; Infective endocarditis; PET CT.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Cost Savings
Defibrillators, Implantable / adverse effects*
Defibrillators, Implantable / economics
Endocarditis / diagnosis*
Endocarditis / etiology
Humans
Length of Stay / economics*
Male
Positron-Emission Tomography / economics*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / economics*