Management of endograft infections

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 205-223

  Numan, F ^a   Gulsen, F ^a   Solak, S ^a   Cantasdemir, M ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aortic aneurysm, abdominal; Aortic aneurysm, thoracic; Infection

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CLAVULANIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; ASCENDING AORTA SURGERY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG USE; ENDOGRAFT INFECTION; GRAFT INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SUBSTITUTION THERAPY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING; VASCULAR SURGERY;

AORTIC ANEURYSM; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STENTS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79957637939     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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