Successful diagnosis of an atypical prosthetic vascular graft infection without perivascular abscess: luminal vegetation as the hidden septic source

Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2014 Jan;7(1):206-8. doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.113.000964.
No abstract available

Keywords: grafts; infection; nuclear medicine.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aneurysm / diagnosis
  • Aneurysm / surgery*
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis / adverse effects*
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / adverse effects*
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / instrumentation
  • Device Removal
  • Female
  • Hepatic Artery / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Middle Aged
  • Multidetector Computed Tomography
  • Multimodal Imaging* / methods
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Prosthesis-Related Infections / diagnosis*
  • Prosthesis-Related Infections / microbiology
  • Prosthesis-Related Infections / surgery
  • Reoperation
  • Saphenous Vein / transplantation
  • Streptococcal Infections / diagnosis*
  • Streptococcal Infections / microbiology
  • Streptococcal Infections / surgery
  • Streptococcus anginosus / isolation & purification*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color
  • Whole Body Imaging