Aortic prosthetic graft infections: Radiologic manifestations and implications for management

Radiographics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 977-993

  Orton, Donald F ^a   LeVeen, Robert F ^b   Saigh, Jean A ^a   Culp, William C ^c   Fidler, Jeff L ^c   Lynch, Thomas J ^c   Goertzen, Timothy C ^c   McCowan, Timothy C ^c  

^a VA NEBRASKA WESTERN IOWA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aorta, grafts and prostheses, 89.457, 943.4522, 981.4522; Aorta, surgery, 89.457, 943.4522, 981.4522; Grafts, infection, 89.458, 943.458, 981.4522

Indexed keywords

AIR; AORTA; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA DISEASE; BLOOD VESSEL FISTULA; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXUDATE; FALSE ANEURYSM; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INFECTION; INTESTINE FISTULA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AIR; ANEURYSM, FALSE; AORTA; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTIC DISEASES; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; HUMANS; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INTESTINAL FISTULA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR FISTULA;

EID: 0034220406     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiographics.20.4.g00jl12977     Document Type: Article

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