Gallium scanning, combined with pocket fluid aspiration and culture, confirmed the diagnosis of automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator infection in three patients.
A gallium scan combined with fluid aspiration and culture is an effective diagnostic approach for confirming postoperative automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator infections.
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This report describes three patients with infection involving an automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator. All three patients presented with fever, fluid in the pulse generator pocket, leukocytosis and an elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate. A gallium scan, together with aspiration and culture of the fluid from the pocket, confirmed the diagnosis in each case.
Kelly et al. (Mon,) reported a other. Gallium scanning, combined with pocket fluid aspiration and culture, confirmed the diagnosis of automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator infection in three patients.