Vascular Graft Infections, Mycotic Aneurysms, and Endovascular Infections: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

Circulation. 2016 Nov 15;134(20):e412-e460. doi: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000457. Epub 2016 Oct 13.

Authors

Walter R Wilson, Thomas C Bower, Mark A Creager, Sepideh Amin-Hanjani, Patrick T O'Gara, Peter B Lockhart, Rabih O Darouiche, Basel Ramlawi, Colin P Derdeyn, Ann F Bolger, Matthew E Levison, Kathryn A Taubert, Robert S Baltimore, Larry M Baddour; American Heart Association Committee on Rheumatic Fever, Endocarditis, and Kawasaki Disease of the Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young; Council on Cardiovascular and Stroke Nursing; Council on Cardiovascular Radiology and Intervention; Council on Cardiovascular Surgery and Anesthesia; Council on Peripheral Vascular Disease; and Stroke Council

PMID: 27737955
DOI: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000000457

No abstract available

Keywords: AHA Scientific Statements; aneurysm, mycotic; bacterial infections; vascular grafting.

Publication types

Practice Guideline
Review

MeSH terms

American Heart Association*
Aneurysm, Infected / diagnosis
Aneurysm, Infected / microbiology
Aneurysm, Infected / therapy*
Blood Vessel Prosthesis / adverse effects*
Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / adverse effects*
Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / instrumentation*
Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / mortality
Endovascular Procedures / adverse effects*
Endovascular Procedures / instrumentation*
Endovascular Procedures / mortality
Humans
Prosthesis-Related Infections / diagnosis
Prosthesis-Related Infections / microbiology
Prosthesis-Related Infections / therapy*
Risk Factors
Treatment Outcome
United States