ArticleJournal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology2020
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- Evidence-based guideline of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) on imaging infection in vascular grafts.European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2022Guideline
- Prosthetic vascular graft infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis on diagnostic accuracy of 18FDG PET/CT.General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery · 2022Pooled it
- Multidisciplinary management and outcomes of abdominal vascular graft and endograft infections: a retrospective cohort study.Infection · 2026Article
- Long-Term Suppressive Antimicrobial Therapy in Prosthetic Vascular Graft Infection: A Retrospective Evaluation of a Cohort of Patients Enrolled at Tor Vergata Hospital in Rome.Open forum infectious diseases · 2026Article
- FDG-PET/CT in infected and non-infected prosthetic vascular grafts.The international journal of cardiovascular imaging · 2025Article
- A Head-to-Head Comparison Between [Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Appearance of aseptic vascular grafts after endovascular aortic repair on [(18)F]fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography.World journal of radiology · 2023Article
- Real-world assessment of the clinical utility of whole body 18F-FDG PET/CT in the diagnosis of infection.PloS one · 2022Article
- Assessing cardiovascular infection and inflammation with FDG-PET.American journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2021Review
- How useful is 18F-FDG PET/CT in patients with suspected vascular graft infection?Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundProsthetic vascular graft infection (PVGI) is a severe complication associated with high morbidity and mortality. Clinical diagnosis is complex, requiring image testing such as CT angiography or leukocyte scintigraphy, which has considerable limitations. The aim of this study was to know the diagnostic yield of PET/CT with
methodsWe performed a prospective cohort study including 49 patients with suspected PVGI, median age of 62 ± 14 years. Three uptake patterns were defined following published recommendations: (i) focal, (ii) patched (PVGI criteria), and (iii) diffuse (no PVGI criterion).
resultsSensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values for
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