Detection of thoracic aortic prosthetic graft infection with 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1183-1187

  Tokuda, Yoshiyuki ^a   Oshima, Hideki ^a   Araki, Yoshimori ^a   Narita, Yuji ^a   Mutsuga, Masato ^a   Kato, Katsuhiko ^a   Usui, Akihiko ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

18F fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography computed tomography; Aortic prosthetic graft infection

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA GRAFT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT INFECTION; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REOPERATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORACIC AORTIC PROSTHETIC GRAFT INFECTION;

18F-FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY/COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; AORTIC PROSTHETIC GRAFT INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA, THORACIC; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84878186821     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezs693     Document Type: Article

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