Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Vascular Graft Infections

Vascular graft infections represent a non-common but severe complication of vascular surgery being associated with a bad prognosis and high risk of mortality. To correctly and promptly identify the infection and its extent is crucial for adequate treatment and prognostication of the patient. Several radiological and NM imaging modalities are available, each with its pros and cons, but a unanimous consensus on which is the best strategy to diagnose a VGI is not still defined. Moreover, well-standardized acquisition protocols and interpretative criteria are still needed in order to make the diagnostic approach uniform worldwide.