Prosthetic aortic grafts infection is associated with considerable morbidity and mortality.
Staphylococcus species are the most commonly implicated causative organisms. Computed tomography
(CT) is the imaging modality of choice in the investigation of patients with suspected
prosthetic aortic graft infection, particularly in the assessment of abscess and pseudo-aneurysms
associated with aortic graft infections. We describe two cases in which CT provides
incremental information about the complications associated with prosthetic aortic
graft infection which is essential in guiding treatment and management.
Keywords
To read this article in full you will need to make a payment
Purchase one-time access:
Academic & Personal: 24 hour online accessCorporate R&D Professionals: 24 hour online accessOne-time access price info
- For academic or personal research use, select 'Academic and Personal'
- For corporate R&D use, select 'Corporate R&D Professionals'
Subscribe:
Subscribe to Heart, Lung and CirculationAlready a print subscriber? Claim online access
Already an online subscriber? Sign in
Register: Create an account
Institutional Access: Sign in to ScienceDirect
Article info
Publication history
Published online: March 30, 2015
Accepted:
March 21,
2015
Received:
March 5,
2015
Identification
Copyright
© 2015 Australian and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons (ANZSCTS) and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ). Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
