TABLE 1

Clinical Situation, Imaging Findings, and Bacteriologic Findings for Each Scintigraphic Procedure

Cause of referral	Procedure no.	Duration of LVAD at time of imaging (d)	Scanning result		Final diagnosis and outcome	Leukocyte scintigraphy result for device-related infection
Cause of referral	Procedure no.	Duration of LVAD at time of imaging (d)	Planar	SPECT/CT	Final diagnosis and outcome	Leukocyte scintigraphy result for device-related infection
Diagnosis and localization of infection	Patient 1, scan 1	126	Positive, right flank epigastrium	Positive. right flank epigastrium along cable	Deep and exit-site infection (S. aureus), antibiotic treatment	True-positive
	Patient 2, scan 1	692	Negative	Negative	No infection; transplantation (sterile surgical samples)	True-negative
	Patient 3, scan 1	330	Positive, right flank	Positive, percutaneous site	Exit-site infection (Corynebacterium); recovery after 157 d of antibiotic treatment	True-positive
	Patient 3, scan 2	701	Negative for device-related infection; cervicofacial abnormal focus	Negative	Tonsillitis; recovery after 14 d of oral antibiotic treatment	True-negative
	Patient 4, scan 1	52	Positive, right flank	Positive, percutaneous site	Exit-site infection (S. aureus); antibiotic treatment	True-positive
	Patient 5, scan 1	57	Negative	Positive, percutaneous site, lung, and epigastrium	Pneumonia and epigastric cable infection (Klebsiella oxytoca); antibiotic treatment	True-positive
	Patient 6, scan 1	188	Positive, right flank	Positive, percutaneous site	Exit-site infection (S. aureus); antibiotic treatment	True-positive
	Patient 7, scan 2	518	Positive	Positive	Previous exit-site infection (S. aureus); recovery after 23 d of antibiotic treatment	True-positive
Evaluation of antibiotic efficacy	Patient 1, scan 2	225	Positive, right flank epigastrium	Positive, right flank epigastrium along cable	Failure of 99 d of antibiotic treatment; transplantation	True-positive
	Patient 4, scan 2	412	Negative	Negative	Recovery after 60 d of antibiotic treatment	True-negative
	Patient 5, scan 2	418	Negative for device-related infection; cervicofacial abnormal focus	Negative	Recovery after 84 d of antibiotic treatment	True-negative
	Patient 7, scan 1	53	Negative	Negative	Previous exit-site infection (S. aureus); recovery after 23 d of antibiotic treatment	True-negative
	Patient 8, scan 1	610	Negative	Positive, percutaneous site	Exit-site infection (S. aureus); failure of 212 d of antibiotic treatment; transplantation	True-positive