Role of radionuclide imaging for diagnosis of device and prosthetic valve infections

Table 2 Sensibility and specificity of ¹⁸F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography and white blood cell single-photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography for both prosthetic valve endocarditis and cardiac device infection

	Test	Sensibility (%)	Specificity (%)	Positive predictive value (%)	Negative predictive value (%)	Accuracy (%)
Prosthetic valve endocarditis
Saby et al[31]	PET/CT	73	80	85	67	76
Rouzet et al[32]	PET/CT	93	71	68	94	80
	WBC	64	100	100	81	86
Erba et al[34]	WBC	90	100	100	94	N/A
Cardiovascular implantable electronic device infection
Bensimhon et al[24]	PET/CT	80	100	100	84.6	N/A
	Pocket	100	100	100	100	N/A
	Lead	60	100	100	73	N/A
Ploux et al[25]	PET/CT	100	93	N/A	N/A	N/A
Sarrazin et al[26]	PET/CT	88.6	85.7	N/A	N/A	N/A
Cautela et al[27]	PET/CT
	Pocket	86.7	100	N/A	N/A	N/A
	Lead	30.8	62.5	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ahmed et al[28]	PET/CT
	Pocket	97	98	N/A	N/A	N/A
Erba et al[29]	WBC	93.7	100	100	93.9	96.8

N/A: Not available; PET/CT: Positron emission tomography/computed tomography; WBC: White blood cell.