Inflammatory diseases of the aorta: Part 2: Infectious aortitis

Infectious aortitis is a rare but life-threatening disease. Due to impending local and systemic complications, prompt diagnosis and initiation of effective causal treatment are essential for patient survival. Differentiating infectious aortitis from other aortic diseases, in particular non-infectiou...

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Autores principales: Töpel, I., Zorger, N., Steinbauer, M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4974295/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27546993
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00772-016-0142-x
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description Infectious aortitis is a rare but life-threatening disease. Due to impending local and systemic complications, prompt diagnosis and initiation of effective causal treatment are essential for patient survival. Differentiating infectious aortitis from other aortic diseases, in particular non-infectious aortitis, is of great importance. This article discusses the various causes, diagnostic tools, and therapeutic strategies for infectious aortitis.
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spelling pubmed-49742952016-08-17 Inflammatory diseases of the aorta: Part 2: Infectious aortitis Töpel, I. Zorger, N. Steinbauer, M. Gefasschirurgie Übersichten Infectious aortitis is a rare but life-threatening disease. Due to impending local and systemic complications, prompt diagnosis and initiation of effective causal treatment are essential for patient survival. Differentiating infectious aortitis from other aortic diseases, in particular non-infectious aortitis, is of great importance. This article discusses the various causes, diagnostic tools, and therapeutic strategies for infectious aortitis. Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2016-06-13 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4974295/ /pubmed/27546993 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00772-016-0142-x Text en © The Author(s) 2016 Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
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