Improved diagnosis of aortobifemoral vascular graft infection by In-111-labeled leukocyte SPECT

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 338-339

  Abouhamad, Pierre ^a   Krug, Bruno ^a   Picard, Christian ^a   Nogarède, Cécile ^a   Seldrum, Mark ^a   Buche, Michel ^a   Borght, Thierry Vander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Leukocyte scintigraphy; SPECT; Vascular graft infection

Indexed keywords

INDIUM 111; VANCOMYCIN;

ABSCESS; AGED; AORTA GRAFT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FALSE ANEURYSM; GRAFT INFECTION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; AORTA; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VASCULITIS;

EID: 33748137751     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000218769.21291.aa     Document Type: Article

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