Aortic stent-graft infection due to a presumed aortoenteric fistula

Journal of Endovascular Therapy

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 901-906

  Kar, Biswajit ^a   Dougherty, Kathy ^a   Reul, George J ^a   Krajcer, Zvonimir ^a,b  

^a ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

AneuRx stent graft; Aneurysm sac; Conversion; Explantation; Sac enlargement

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALENDRONIC ACID; ATORVASTATIN; DOXAZOSIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

AGED; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; AORTIC STENT; AORTOINTESTINAL FISTULA; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; CASE REPORT; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; EIKENELLA CORRODENS; FOLLOW UP; FUSOBACTERIUM; GRAFT INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MALE; MYCOPLASMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREVOTELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC DISEASES; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; EIKENELLA CORRODENS; FUSOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL FISTULA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; STENTS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR FISTULA;

EID: 0037000186     PISSN: 15266028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1583/1545-1550(2002)009<0901:ASGIDT>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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