Vascular graft infection: Improving diagnosis with functional imaging

Matthieu Pelletier-Galarneau^{1

2}, Daniel Juneau^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medical Imaging, Institut de Cardiologie de Montréal, Montreal, Canada. matthieu.pelletier-galarneau@icm-mhi.org.
² Gordon Center for Medical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. matthieu.pelletier-galarneau@icm-mhi.org.
³ Department of Medical Imaging, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada.
⁴ University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Canada.

Editorial

Matthieu Pelletier-Galarneau et al. J Nucl Cardiol. 2022 Dec.

. 2022 Dec;29(6):3450-3454.

doi: 10.1007/s12350-020-02269-z. Epub 2020 Jul 8.

Matthieu Pelletier-Galarneau^{1

2}, Daniel Juneau^{3

4}

¹ Department of Medical Imaging, Institut de Cardiologie de Montréal, Montreal, Canada. matthieu.pelletier-galarneau@icm-mhi.org.
² Gordon Center for Medical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. matthieu.pelletier-galarneau@icm-mhi.org.
³ Department of Medical Imaging, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada.
⁴ University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Canada.

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Detection of aortic prosthetic graft infection with ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT imaging, concordance with consensus MAGIC graft infection criteria.
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