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

Figure 2 Proposed algorithms incorporating ¹⁸F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography in the evaluation and management of patients with possible device infection. A: Initial CIED infection suspicion; B: Patients with cardiac device and bacteremia or fever of unknown origin (FUO) (Reprinted from Sarrazin JF, Philippon F, Tessier M, Guimond J, Molin F, Champagne J, Nault I, Blier L, Nadeau M, Charbonneau L, Trottier M, O’Hara G. Usefulness of fluorine-18 positron emission tomography/computed tomography for identification of cardiovascular implantable electronic device infections. J Am Coll Cardiol 2012; 59: 1616-1625, with permission from Elsevier). CIED: Cardiovascular implantable electronic device; PET/CT: Positron emission tomography/computed tomography; TEE: Transesophageal echocardiography.