SynthesisJournal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology2019
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- Risk of Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Infection in Patients with Bloodstream Infection: Microbiologic Effect in the Era of Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography.Current cardiology reports · 2023Review
- Candidemia in Patients With Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Devices: Uncertainty in Management Based on Current International Guidelines.Open forum infectious diseases · 2023Article
- Cardiovascular positron emission tomography: established and emerging role in cardiovascular diseases.Heart failure reviews · 2023Review
- Brazilian Guidelines for Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices - 2023.Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia · 2023Article
- Clinical Approach to Evaluation of Underlying Cardiac Device Infection in Patients Hospitalized with Bacteremia.Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal · 2023Review
- Forty-Year Trends in Cardiac Implantable Electronic Device Infective Endocarditis.Open forum infectious diseases · 2022Article
- Treatment and Prevention of Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device (CIED) Infections.CJC open · 2022Review
- FDG PET/CT in Cardiac Infection: Does It Matter? A Narrative Review.Infectious diseases and therapy · 2022Review
- Single-photon cardiac imaging in patients with cardiac implantable electrical devices.Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology · 2022Review
- Nuclear Imaging in Infective Endocarditis.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Emergence ofJournal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology · 2021Article
- Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveWe performed a meta-analysis evaluating the use of fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose (
backgroundPET/CT may be helpful in the diagnosis of CIED infection, particularly in patients with the absence of localizing signs or definitive echocardiographic findings.
methodsPubMed, Embase, Cochrane library, CINAHL, Web of Knowledge, and www.clinicaltrials.gov from January 1990 to April 2017 were searched for studies evaluating the accuracy of PET/CT in the diagnosis of CIED infections.
resultsOverall, 14 studies involving 492 patients were included in the meta-analysis. The pooled sensitivity of PET/CT for diagnosis of CIED infection was 83% (95% CI 78%-86%) and the pooled specificity was 89% (95% CI 84%-94%). PET/CT demonstrated a higher sensitivity of 96% (95% CI 86%-99%) and specificity of 97% (95% CI 86%-99%) for diagnosis of pocket infections. Diagnostic accuracy for lead infections or CIED-IE was lower with pooled sensitivity of 76% (95% CI 65%-85%) and specificity of 83% (95% CI 72%-90%).
conclusionUse of PET/CT in the evaluation of CIED infection has both a high sensitivity (83%) and specificity (89%) and deserves consideration in the management of selected patients with suspected CIED infections.
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