Role of Gallium-SPECT-CT in Predicting Outcomes of Patients with Ventricular Assist Device-Specific Percutaneous Driveline Infection

Percutaneous driveline infection is a major complication after left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation, causing pump infection. Therefore, the precise diagnosis and evaluation of driveline infection are important. Recently, Fluor-18-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography is used for diagnosis of LVAD-specific and related infections. However, the role of Gallium-67 single-photon emission computed tomography (Ga-SPECT)-CT has not been fully elucidated. We investigated whether Ga-SPECT-CT predicts outcomes of patients with LVAD-specific percutaneous driveline infection.
Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Tags: 790 Source Type: research