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- Title
Diagnostic Options in Assessing Abdominal Aortic Endograft Infection.
- Authors
Pringle, Timothy; Muck, Patrick; Lohr, Joann; Thompson, Wendy; Kasper, Gregory C.; Welling, Richard E.
- Abstract
Endovascular treatment of aortic aneurysms has gained widespread popularity in recent years. Stent grafts have emerged as another option in the surgeon's armamentarium in the treatment of aneurysmal disease. The infectivity of endovascular grafts and therapy for associated graft infections is unknown. Aortic graft infections have the potential for disastrous complications. This report presents a 72-year-old woman with persistent fever and an infected aortic stent graft in the early postoperative period.
- Subjects
ANEURYSMS; AORTIC diseases; ENDOVASCULAR surgery; SURGICAL stents
- Publication
Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, 2003, Vol 37, Issue 5, p359
- ISSN
1538-5744
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/153857440303700508