Diagnostics of “non-acute” vascular prosthesis infection using 18F-FDG PET/CT: our experience with 96 prostheses

Vascular prosthesis infection (VPI) is a life-threatening complication that occurs in 0.5–5% of prostheses. Low-grade infections in non-acute patients are a diagnostic challenge requiring a new method with good diagnostic accuracy. The aim of this work was to define the accuracy of 18F-FDG PET/CT in these settings and to identify essential parameters of the evaluation. PET/CT was performed prospectively in 76 consecutive patients with a total of...