Published 2010 | Version v1
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Interest of PET/CT with 18F-F.D.G. in the diagnosis of endocarditis on pacemaker or defibrillator to be implanted

Creators

  • 1. Hopital europeen Georges-Pompidou, Service de medecine nucleaire, 75 - Paris (France)
  • 2. Hopital europeen Georges-Pompidou, Service de cardiologie, 75 - Paris (France)
  • 3. Hopital europeen Georges-Pompidou, Service de microbiologie, 75 - Paris (France)
  • 4. Hopital europeen Georges-Pompidou, Service de chirurgie cardiovasculaire, 75 - Paris (France)

Description

Purpose: Infection of pacemaker device or implantable defibrillators are rare (<5%) but serious and sometimes difficult, we evaluated the interest of PET / CT with 18F-F.D.G. in the diagnosis. conclusion: PET can be useful to diagnose infection on pacemaker and implantable defibrillators. A prolonged antibiotic therapy may cause false negatives. In our series, the management could have been altered by the examination in 6 out of 21. (N.C.)

Availability note (English)

Available from doi: <http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mednuc.2010.02.004

Additional details

Additional titles

Original title (French)
Interet de la TEP-TDM au 18FDG dans le diagnostic d'endocardite sur pacemaker ou defibrillateur implantable

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.mednuc.2010.02.004;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Medecine Nucleaire. Imagerie Fonctionnelle et Metabolique
Journal Volume
34
Journal Issue
no.5
Journal Page Range
p. 258
ISSN
0928-1258
CODEN
MNIMEX

Conference

Title
48. Colloquium of French nuclear medicine
Original Conference Title
48. Colloque de medecine nucleaire de langue francaise
Dates
8-11 May 2010
Place
Nice (France)

INIS

Country of Publication
France
Country of Input or Organization
France
INIS RN
41126966
Subject category
S62: RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
CAT SCANNING; DIAGNOSIS; FLUORINE 18; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; POSITRON COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY
Descriptors DEC
ANTIMETABOLITES; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; DRUGS; EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; FLUORINE ISOTOPES; HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; MEDICINE; NANOSECONDS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; RADIOISOTOPES; TOMOGRAPHY