Is F 18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography too sensitive for the diagnosis of vascular endograft infection?

Vascular

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 346-349

  Zimmerman, Pamela M ^a   Cherr, Gregory S ^b   Angelos, George C ^b   Gona, Jayakumari ^b,c   Dosluoglu, Hasan H ^b,c  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c VA WESTERN NEW YORK HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Endograft infection; Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomographic scan

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; AORTA GRAFT; AORTOINTESTINAL FISTULA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENDOLEAK; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMORAL VEIN; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GRAFT INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; STENTS;

EID: 65549158316     PISSN: 17085381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/6670.2008.00049     Document Type: Article

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