Diagnosis of vascular prosthesis infection with FDG-PET/CT

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1246-1247

  Štádler, Petr ^a,b   Bìlohlávek, Otakar ^b   Špaček, Miroslav ^a   Michálek, Pavel ^a  

^a Depts of Vasc Surg and Nucl Med   (Czech Republic)

^b NA HOMOLCE HOSPITAL   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; GRAFT INFECTION; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; DEVICE REMOVAL; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 11144346097     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2004.09.032     Document Type: Article

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