title: Economical aspect of PET/CT-guided diagnosis of suspected infective endocarditis in a patient with implantable cardioverter-defibrillator.
abstract: We present a case report of potential reduction of hospitalization costs due to utilization of PET/CT in a diagnostic work-up of a patient with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator and suspicion of infective endocarditis. The PET/CT scan would have shorten hospital stay, prevented clinical complications and reduced the cost of hospitalization by 45%.
authors.affiliation: II Department of Coronary Artery Disease, Institute of Cardiology, Spartanska 1, 02-637 Warsaw, Poland. Electronic address: mfarkowski@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Michal M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Farkowski
authors.affiliation: Financial Department, Institute of Cardiology, Alpejska 42, 04-628 Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Maciej
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Milkowski
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Military Institute of Medicine, Szaserow 128, 04-141 Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Mirosław
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dziuk
authors.affiliation: II Department of Coronary Artery Disease, Institute of Cardiology, Spartanska 1, 02-637 Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Mariusz
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pytkowski
authors.affiliation: II Department of Coronary Artery Disease, Institute of Cardiology, Spartanska 1, 02-637 Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marciniak
authors.affiliation: II Department of Coronary Artery Disease, Institute of Cardiology, Spartanska 1, 02-637 Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Alicja
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kraska
authors.affiliation: II Department of Coronary Artery Disease, Institute of Cardiology, Spartanska 1, 02-637 Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Hanna
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Szwed
authors.affiliation: II Department of Coronary Artery Disease, Institute of Cardiology, Spartanska 1, 02-637 Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Maciej
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sterlinski
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017046:Cost Savings; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000191:economics; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000191:economics*; D008297:Male; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000191:economics*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000191:economics*
keywords: Cardiac implantable electronic device; Cost; Infective endocarditis; PET CT