SynthesisGeneral thoracic and cardiovascular surgery2022
Prosthetic vascular graft infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis on diagnostic accuracy of 18FDG PET/CT.
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- Aortic Vascular Graft and Endograft Infection-Patient Outcome Cannot Be Determined Based on Pre-Operative Characteristics.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Appearance of aseptic vascular grafts after endovascular aortic repair on [(18)F]fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography.World journal of radiology · 2023Article
- COVID-19 vaccination, implications for PET/CT image interpretation and future perspectives.Clinical and translational imaging · 2022Review
- Use of whole body PET scan in patients with infective endocarditis may impact care of those with intravascular devices: results from a comparative retrospective cohort study.Therapeutic advances in infectious diseaseArticle
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Abstract
introductionThere is a high risk of mortality and morbidity associated with Vascular Graft Infections (VGI) which requires early diagnosis. The aim of the present systematic review and meta-analysis was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy, sensitivity and specificity of 18FDG PET/CT in diagnosing VGI.
methodsA systematic review was conducted according to the PRISMA guidelines through a search in Embase, PubMed, and Cochrane databases. We evaluated five parameters including specificity, sensitivity, negative and positive predictive values (NPV and PPV), and accuracy. We used STATA/MP 15.0 (StataCorp, College Station, TX) for all of our analyses.
resultsOverall 10 studies including 320 patients undergone 18FDG PET/CT were included. The sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative likelihood ratios along with their 95% CI were 0.92 (95% CI 0.88-0.95), 0.76 (95% CI 0.76-0.70), 3.49 (95% CI 3.49-2.32) and 0.14 (95% CI 0.09-0.23), respectively. The diagnostic odds ratio (DOR) for diagnosis of VGI was 37.12 (95% CI 14.84-92.82). The mean cut-off value of the maximum standardized uptake value (SUVmax) for diagnosis of VGI was 5.39 while the overall mean SUVmax among patients with VGI was 8.47.
conclusionAccording to our results, 18FDG PET/CT is a useful diagnostic method in detecting active VGI with high diagnostic accuracy. Because of its ability to evaluate morphology and main texture using SUVmax, the 18FDG PET/CT provides an objective assessment of aspects and extent of disease activity, which results in preventing unnecessary surgery, proper treatment planning, and evaluating the effectiveness of treatment.
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