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Significance and current approaches to vascular graft infection
Carlos-Alberto Mestres1, Mathias Van Hemelrijck2, Eduard Quintana3
1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Faculty of Health Sciences and The Robert WM Frater Cardiovascular Research Centre, The University of the Free State, PO Box 339 (Internal Box G32), Bloemfontein, 9300 South Africa.
Abstract:
Vascular graft/endograft infection (VGEI) is a constant in cardiovascular surgery with published rates between 1 and 5%. Every graft type and anatomical location is a potential target for infectious complications. These patients are sick patients with high frailty burden. Management of VGEI entails a multidisciplinary and multimodality approach. Here we review some aspects of the problem of VGEI including prevention, diagnosis, and surgical therapy with focus on recent developments in the field.
