Fostering Collaborative Teamwork-A Comprehensive Approach to Vascular Graft Infection Following Arterial Reconstructive Surgery.

Hussam Tabaja Supavit Chesdachai Aditya S ShahRyan W StevensRandall R DeMartinoYoung M ErbenWalter R WilsonLarry M BaddourDaniel C DeSimone

Published in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2024)

Vascular graft infection (VGI) is one of the most serious complications following arterial reconstructive surgery. VGI has received increasing attention over the past decade, but many questions remain regarding its diagnosis and management. In this review, we describe our approach to VGI through multidisciplinary collaboration and discuss decision making for challenging presentations. This review will concentrate on VGI that impacts both aneurysms and pseudoaneurysms excluding the ascending thoracic aorta.

Keyphrases

minimally invasive
coronary artery bypass
decision making
pulmonary artery
quality improvement
surgical site infection
spinal cord
working memory
risk factors
percutaneous coronary intervention
coronary artery disease
spinal cord injury
pulmonary arterial hypertension