[18F-fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT in the diagnosis of vascular graft infection].

I P Aslanidis D M Pursanova O V Mukhortova I V Shurupova I V Ekaeva V S Arakelyan E Z Golukhova V A Mironenko S V Garmanov Dmitry A Popov

Published in: Khirurgiia (2021)

Our results showed high efficacy of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose PET/CT in the diagnosis of VG infection. Despite low specificity, this technique has high sensitivity and accuracy that allowed reclassifying 33% of cases.

Keyphrases

pet ct
positron emission tomography
computed tomography