FDG PET/CT imaging for LVAD associated infections

JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2014 Aug;7(8):839-42. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2014.04.013.

Authors

Jongho Kim¹, Erika D Feller², Wengen Chen¹, Vasken Dilsizian³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
² Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
³ Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. Electronic address: vdilsizian@umm.edu.

PMID: 25124016
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2014.04.013

No abstract available

Keywords: PET/CT; cardiac device infection; fluorodeoxyglucose; heart failure; left ventricular assist device.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Early Diagnosis
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
Heart Failure / diagnosis
Heart Failure / physiopathology
Heart Failure / therapy*
Heart-Assist Devices / adverse effects*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Multimodal Imaging
Positron-Emission Tomography*
Predictive Value of Tests
Prognosis
Prosthesis Design
Prosthesis-Related Infections / diagnosis*
Prosthesis-Related Infections / diagnostic imaging
Prosthesis-Related Infections / microbiology
Prosthesis-Related Infections / therapy
Radiopharmaceuticals*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed*
Ventricular Function, Left*

Substances

Radiopharmaceuticals
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18