Detection of ICD electrode infection using ¹⁸F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography

Rev Esp Cardiol (Engl Ed). 2014 Oct;67(10):863-4. doi: 10.1016/j.rec.2014.06.004. Epub 2014 Aug 21.

Authors

Mercè Moragas¹, Raúl Sánchez², Marina Soler³, María Puig Cozar², Eduard Riera³, José Ramón García³

Affiliations

¹ PET-CETIR Unit, Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain. Electronic address: mmoragas@cetir.es.
² Nuclear Medicine Service ERESA, Valencia University General Hospital, Valencia, Spain.
³ PET-CETIR Unit, Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain.

PMID: 25151026
DOI: 10.1016/j.rec.2014.06.004

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Defibrillators, Implantable / adverse effects*
Defibrillators, Implantable / microbiology
Escherichia coli Infections / diagnostic imaging
Escherichia coli Infections / etiology
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
Humans
Male
Positron-Emission Tomography
Prosthesis-Related Infections / diagnostic imaging*

Substances

Fluorodeoxyglucose F18