[Septic endarteritis after angiography].
Infectious complications after angiography are rare. We treated a 72-year-old man who developed staphylococcus aureus endarteritis after angiography resulting in delayed rupture of the common iliac artery. Diagnostic problems, type of bacteria involved and therapeutic implications are discussed.
Schmidli
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Klinik für Herz- und Gefässchirurgie Inselspital 3010 Bern, Schweiz. juerg.schmidli@insel.ch
Evison
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Pfammatter
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Lachat
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Vogt
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D000368:Aged; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D001027:Aortography / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004692:Endarteritis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed