… of our recent experience managing thoracic aortic graft infections is to evaluate the clinical
characteristics of this complication and the outcome of this multifaceted treatment approach. …

… can seed aortic grafts without overt clinical signs of sepsis. Infection of thoracic aortic grafts
with … Of the six patients, five required surgical aortic graft replacement and one patient was …

… Infection complicates 1% of aortic grafts, and although uncommon, the associated morbidity
and mortality are significant. We sought to determine risk factors for aortic graft infection (AGI)…

… We report our series on the treatment of patients with infection of thoracic aortic grafts. …
grafts are frequently used in cardiovascular surgery. Thoracic aortic grafts are used for aortic …

… Due to these efforts, we cardiovascular surgeons can control this serious infection with rapid…
graft infection during open surgery in the thoracic aortic area and multidisciplinary treatment …

… This paper reports successful treatment of 4 consecutive patients with late infection of a
thoracic aortic prosthetic graft and defines guidelines that may prove helpful in the management …

… The management of aortic graft infection (AGI) is highly … There is no universally accepted
aortic graft infection case … Here, the Management of Aortic Graft Infection Collaboration (MAGIC)…

… for early thoracic aortic graft infection in our institution. Patients presenting with graft infections
of … For late thoracic aortic graft infections, we recommend an aggressive surgical approach …

… are a critical component of treatment, they are rarely effective as the sole form of therapy.
Among the many patients described in reports of ascending aortic graft infection, only a handful …

… aortic graft infection, the Management of Aortic Graft Infection … criteria for diagnosis of aortic
graft infections in 2016, and … They proposed that aortic graft infection should be suspected …