Table of Contents
Credits
Host: Sara Dong
Guests: Hussam Tabaja, Supavit Chesdachai, Daniel DeSimone
Content is based on the CID article featured in this episode
Cover Art: Sara Dong
Audio Editing: Bentley Brown
Produced by Sara Dong with support from the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)
Our Guests
Hussam Tabaja, MD
Dr. Hussam Tabaja is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Public Health, Infectious Diseases and Occupational Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Rochester. Dr. Tabaja graduated from medical school in American University of Beirut. He then completed his Internal Medicine Residency at the Detroit Medical Center/Wayne State University. Following that, he moved to Rochester Minnesota where he completed a 3-year Infectious Diseases Fellowship at the Mayo Clinic. His clinical research is focused on hardware-associated infections including both cardiovascular device infection and orthopedic device infection.
Supavit “Mac” Chesdachai, MD
Dr. Mac Chesdachai is an Assistant Professor of Medicine within the Division of Public Health, Infectious Diseases and Occupational Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Rochester. He earned his medical degree from Mahidol University in Thailand. He completed his Internal Medicine Residency at the University of Minnesota, followed by an Infectious Diseases Fellowship at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester. His clinical and research interests include cardiovascular infections and infections in solid organ transplant recipients.
Daniel DeSimone, MD
Dr. Daniel DeSimone is a Consultant and Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Public Health, Infectious Diseases and Occupational Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Rochester. He also holds a joint appointment in the Department of Cardiovascular Diseases. He has chaired/vice-chaired several American Heart Association scientific statements in cardiovascular infectious diseases. His clinical and research interests focus on the prevention, diagnosis and management of infective endocarditis, cardiac implantable electronic device infections, and vascular graft infections.
Culture
Hussam and Mac shared how they enjoy playing pickleball together! Mac told us about the origin of his nickname. Daniel has been experimenting with smoking meats in his backyard
Consult Notes
Welcome to this Febrile StAR episode!
These StAR episodes feature discussions with authors from State-of-the-Art Review articles from the Clinical Infectious Diseases journal (CID).
This episode is based on: Tabaja H, Chesdachai S, Shah AS, et al. Fostering Collaborative Teamwork-A Comprehensive Approach to Vascular Graft Infection Following Arterial Reconstructive Surgery. Clin Infect Dis. 2024;78(6):e69-e80. doi:10.1093/cid/ciae150
Journal companion article – Executive summary link: https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/78/6/1391/7651000
Infographics
Goal
Listeners will be able to consider the diagnosis and management approach to vascular graft infections following arterial reconstructive surgery
Learning Objectives
After listening to this episode, listeners will be able to:
- Describe important factors int he prevention of vascular graft infection (in the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative periods)
- Identify clinical signs and symptoms that may indicate vascular graft infection
- Discuss the members of the multidisciplinary team that manage patients after vascular graft infection
Disclosures
Febrile podcast reports no relevant financial disclosures
Potential conflicts of interest are noted in the CID article as well as reproduced below:
Financial support: The authors are extremely grateful for the philanthropic support provided by a gift from Eva and Gene Lane (L.M.B.), and a Mayo Named Professorship, the Edward C. Rosenow III, M.D. Professorship in the Art of Medicine (W.R.W.), which were paramount in our work to advance the science of cardiovascular infections, an ongoing focus of investigation at Mayo Clinic for over 60 years. L.M.B also reported royalty payments for authorship duties from UpToDate, Inc (Wolters Kluwer Health).
Citation
Tabaja, H., Chesdachai, M., DeSimone, D., Dong, S. “#110: StAR: Vascular Graft Infections”. Febrile: A Cultured Podcast. https://player.captivate.fm/episode/71a6e725-0fb5-44af-9d29-c6d8f86e49d9/