Positron emission tomography in a complex case of cardiac device-related infection | Zendy

A.J.H.H.M. van Oostrom | Zendy; M. C. E. F. Wijffels | Zendy; Wim Jan van Boven | Zendy; D. Nicastia | Zendy; Lucas V.A. Boersma | Zendy

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Positron emission tomography in a complex case of cardiac device-related infection

Author(s) -

A.J.H.H.M. van Oostrom,

M. C. E. F. Wijffels,

Wim Jan van Boven,

D. Nicastia,

Lucas V.A. Boersma

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

ep europace

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.119

H-Index - 102

eISSN - 1532-2092

pISSN - 1099-5129

DOI - 10.1093/europace/eus108

Subject(s) - medicine , positron emission tomography , positron emission tomography computed tomography , positron emission , nuclear medicine , radiology

A 60-year-old man was presented with a Staphylococcus epidermidis bacteraemia of unknown origin, suspicious of cardiac device-related infection. Patient was pacemaker dependent for 30 years with multiple endovascular leads: four via the right and three via the left subclavian vein [attached to a biventricular internal cardioverter defibrillator (ICD)]. Intravenous antibiotic treatment was initiated and the ICD and …

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