Patient Cohort
We conducted a retrospective study which examined all patients aged over
18 years old with class I or II guideline recommendations for
ventricular pacing who underwent a successful Micra TPS implantation in
our centre between July 2015 and July 201915. Patients
data were collected from our electronic institutional database. We
searched bacteriological reports to identify all patients with positive
blood culture. Bacteraemia was confirmed in the presence of at least 2
positive peripheral blood cultures with elevated white blood cell count.
We identified patients who underwent 18F-FDG PET/CT
imaging in the setting of the bacteraemia. The protocol was approved by
the Ethics Committee of the University Hospitals of Leuven.