The early 1950s witnessed the introduction of vascular reconstruction surgery using
prosthetic vascular grafts. 1 These grafts are important in the management of peripheral …

Improvements in manufacturing and implantation techniques, coupled with an increasing
prevalence of atherosclerosis in an aging population, have led to increased utilization of …

OBJECTIVES: The reported rate of abdominal aortic graft infections (AGIs) is low, but its
incidence and associated factors have not been evaluated on a population level. We …

18F-FDG PET/CT is of value in the diagnosis of prosthetic vascular graft infection, but
potential pitfalls related to tracer uptake in noninfected implants have been described. The …

BACKGROUND: Cold-induced injury to various cell types has been shown to be mediated
predominantly by chelatable iron. For endothelial cells, this type of injury has so far only …

Prosthetic vascular grafts represent an important advance in the management of chronic
conditions such as peripheral arterial occlusive disease and arterial aneurysms, and as …

Objective The goals of our study were to retrospectively review our experience in using 99m
Tc-white blood cell (WBC) single-photon emission computed tomography/computed …

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the efficacy of a silver-coated vascular polyester graft in the
prevention of graft infection after inoculation with Staphylococcus aureus in a porcine model …

Background Silver acetate is frequently used as an antimicrobial coating of prosthetic
vascular grafts. However, the effects of this coating on the early inflammatory and …

BACKGROUND: To compare the efficacy of in situ replacement with rifampicin-soaked silver-
coated polyester (RSSCP) to that of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) graft …