Contribution of PET imaging to mortality risk stratification in candidates to lead extraction for pacemaker or defibrillator infection: a prospective single center study
- 8 September 2018
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
- Vol. 46 (1) , 194-205
Abstract
18F-FDG PET/CT is an emerging technique for diagnosis of cardiac implantable electronic devices infection (CIEDI). Despite the improvements in transvenous lead extraction (TLE), long-term survival in patients with CIEDI is poor. The aim of the present study was to evaluate whether the extension of CIEDI at 18F-FDG PET/CT can improve prediction of survival after TLE.Keywords
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