Endovascular treatment and complete regression of an infected abdominal aortic aneurysm

Journal of Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 543-548

  Berchtold, Christoph ^a   Eibl, Charis ^a   Seelig, Matthias H ^a   Jakob, Pedi ^a   Schönleben, Klaus ^a  

^a KLINIKUM LUDWIGSHAFEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Proximal endoleak; Sac shrinkage; Salmonella aortitis; Vanguard stent graft

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENT; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEVER; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL ARTERY; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SEPTICEMIA;

ADULT; ANEURYSM, INFECTED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036694792     PISSN: 15266028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1583/1545-1550(2002)009<0543:ETACRO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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