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Role of Gallium-SPECT-CT in the Management of Patients with Ventricular Assist Device-Specific Percutaneous Driveline Infection
Implantable left ventricular assist device (LVAD) has dramatically improved the prognosis of patients with advanced heart failure.1 With ongoing technological innovation, patient survival and quality of life are further improving,2,3 and major complications related to LVAD such as pump thrombosis and stroke have decreased3; however, these complications have not been completely overcome. Infection remains a major complication in up to 60% of VAD patients and worsens prognosis and quality of life.
Source: Journal of Cardiac Failure - August 23, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: Yuki Kimura, Osamu Seguchi, Hiroki Mochizuki, Keiichiro Iwasaki, Koichi Toda, Yuto Kumai, Kensuke Kuroda, Seiko Nakajima, Emi Tateishi, Takuya Watanabe, Yorihiko Matsumoto, Satsuki Fukushima, Keisuke Kiso, Masanobu Yanase, Tomoyuki Fujita, Junjiro Kobayas Source Type: research

Incremental Prognostic Value of Brachial-Ankle Pulse Wave Velocity to Single-Photon Emission Computed Tomography in Patients with Suspected Coronary Artery Disease.
CONCLUSIONS: baPWV has an incremental prognostic value to traditional risk factors and MPI. Therefore, baPWV can be used to identify subjects at higher risk of cardiovascular events in patients undergoing SPECT. PMID: 26235347 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis - August 4, 2015 Category: Cardiology Tags: J Atheroscler Thromb Source Type: research