Get started
Work

Detection of Pacemaker Lead Infection by Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography

Year: 2006
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: An 80-year-old man was implanted with a DDD pacemaker to treat his sick sinus syndrome in 1990. Eleven years later, he had a pocket infection and cutaneous inflammation. Blood cultures were negative, and 67Ga scintigraphy revealed uptake in the left subclavian region. However, intense abnormal fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake along the pacemaker leads was detected with positron emission tomography (PET). Thoracotomy was performed, vegetations were removed from the right atrial wall and the tricuspid leaflet, encapsulating fibrous tissue was incised, and the lead was removed from the right ventricle.
DOI: 10.1016/s1880-4276(06)80034-7
Authors: Takashi Miura, Osamu Kinoshita, Mitsuaki Horigome, Hiroki Kasai, Kazunori Aizawa, Tohru Yoshioka, Takeshi Tomita, Setsuo Kumazaki, Hiroshi Tsutsui, Jun Koyama, Yoshikazu Yazaki, Uichi Ikeda
Institution: Shinshu University
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $1,540
OpenAlex ID: W2113135136
FWCI:
Cites: 9
Cited by: 3
Related to: 10