A protection against infection but a risk of misdiagnosis? False positive uptake in an implanted cardiac device
J Nucl Cardiol
.
2023 Dec;30(6):2846-2849.
doi: 10.1007/s12350-023-03331-2.
Epub 2023 Jul 5.
Authors
Albert Roque
1
2
3
4
,
Jaume Francisco-Pascual
5
,
Joan F Andrés-Cordón
6
,
Núria Fernández-Hidalgo
7
8
9
10
,
José Raúl Herance
8
9
,
Hug Cuellar-Calabria
11
12
8
9
,
Santiago Aguadé-Bruix
12
8
9
,
María Nazarena Pizzi
12
5
8
9
13
Affiliations
1
Department of Radiology, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Passeig Vall d'Hebron 119-129, 08035, Barcelona, Spain. albert_roque@hotmail.com.
2
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain. albert_roque@hotmail.com.
3
Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Barcelona, Spain. albert_roque@hotmail.com.
4
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. albert_roque@hotmail.com.
5
Department of Cardiology, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain.
6
Department of Cardiology, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain.
7
Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain.
8
Vall d'Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Barcelona, Spain.
9
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
10
Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Enfermedades Infecciosas (CIBERINFEC), Madrid, Spain.
11
Department of Radiology, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Passeig Vall d'Hebron 119-129, 08035, Barcelona, Spain.
12
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain.
13
Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en Enfermedades Cardiovasculares (CIBERCV), Madrid, Spain.
PMID:
37407879
DOI:
10.1007/s12350-023-03331-2
No abstract available
MeSH terms
Defibrillators, Implantable*
Diagnostic Errors / prevention & control
Heart
Humans