Recommendations for reporting treatment of aortic graft infections

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 174-181

  Teebken, O E ^a   Bisdas, T ^a   Assadian, O ^b   Ricco, J B ^c  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c University of Poitiers   (France)

Author keywords

Allograft; Cryopreservation; Silver coated graft; Vascular graft infection

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ANALYTIC METHOD; AORTA GRAFT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DATA ANALYSIS; DESCENDING AORTA SURGERY; ECHOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GRAFT INFECTION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; STANDARDIZATION; STUDY DESIGN;

BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; EUROPE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84855538361     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: 15322165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2011.11.003     Document Type: Article

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