Current role of imaging in diagnosing aortic graft infections

Seminars in Vascular Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 182-190

  Bruggink, Janneke L M ^a   Slart, Riemer H J A ^a   Pol, Jillis A ^b   Reijnen, Michel M P J ^b   Zeebregts, Clark J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RIJNSTATE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AORTA GRAFT; ARTICLE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR ANEURYSM REPAIR; EXCISION; FALSE ANEURYSM; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GOLD STANDARD; GRAFT INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AORTA; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CROSS INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS;

EID: 84855517778     PISSN: 08957967     EISSN: 15584518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semvascsurg.2011.10.007     Document Type: Article

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