Detection of Abdominal Aortic Graft Infection: Comparison of Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Indium-Labeled White Blood Cell Scanning

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 586-592

  Shahidi, Saeid ^a   Eskil, Anni ^a   Lundof, Erik ^a   Klærke, Anette ^a   Jensen, Bent Skov ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDIUM;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ADULT; AGED; AORTA GRAFT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT INFECTION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE BLOOD CELL SCANNING;

AGED; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; INDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUTROPHILS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SURVIVAL RATE; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 34548264125     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.avsg.2007.03.018     Document Type: Article

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