Ultrasonography and contrast-enhanced MRA in ICA-stenosis: is conventional angiography obsolete?
BACKGROUND: The standard techniques for the screening and staging of internal carotid artery (ICA) stenosis are Doppler (continuous wave) and Duplex sonography. For the imaging of ICA occlusive disease, magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) is replacing digital subtraction angiography (DSA). The purp...
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| author | Friese, S Krapf, H Fetter, M Klose, U Skalej, M Küker, W |
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| description | BACKGROUND: The standard techniques for the screening and staging of internal carotid artery (ICA) stenosis are Doppler (continuous wave) and Duplex sonography. For the imaging of ICA occlusive disease, magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) is replacing digital subtraction angiography (DSA). The purpose of this observational study was to assess whether contrast enhanced MRA (CE-MRA) combined with ultrasound provided sufficient information for the planning of surgical treatment. METHODS: CE-MRA was performed in 195 patients (mean age 67.5 years) with sonographic evidence of severe ICA stenosis. The MRA examination protocol contained a heavily T1-weighted contrast bolus enhanced 3D-gradient echo sequence. The degree of stenosis was estimated retrospectively by two experienced neuroradiologists who were blinded to the sonographic findings. RESULTS: The consistency of MRA and ultrasound was sufficient to plan thrombendarterectomy in 182/195 patients. The estimations of the degree of stenosis were congruent between MRA and ultrasound in 91% of 197 vessels with high-degree carotid artery stenosis. CE-MRA evaluation had a high interobserver agreement. In 3 cases ultrasound examination diagnosed a filiform ICA stenosis which was not visible with MRA. In all these cases, DSA and the intraoperative findings revealed very short (1-2 mm), high-grade, excentric stenosis. CE-MRA correctly detected patency in 5 patients with high-grade and low-flow carotid artery stenosis, which had been regarded as occluded by ultrasound. Conversely with, in CE-MRA two occluded vessels were falsely considered as open. CONCLUSION: The combination of sonography and CE-MRA is a powerful tool for the non-invasive presurgical evaluation of the carotid arteries. DSA should be reserved for selected cases. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:7ceee677-3658-4ed7-ae34-571512122b412022-03-26T21:00:04ZUltrasonography and contrast-enhanced MRA in ICA-stenosis: is conventional angiography obsolete?Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:7ceee677-3658-4ed7-ae34-571512122b41EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2001Friese, SKrapf, HFetter, MKlose, USkalej, MKüker, WBACKGROUND: The standard techniques for the screening and staging of internal carotid artery (ICA) stenosis are Doppler (continuous wave) and Duplex sonography. For the imaging of ICA occlusive disease, magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) is replacing digital subtraction angiography (DSA). The purpose of this observational study was to assess whether contrast enhanced MRA (CE-MRA) combined with ultrasound provided sufficient information for the planning of surgical treatment. METHODS: CE-MRA was performed in 195 patients (mean age 67.5 years) with sonographic evidence of severe ICA stenosis. The MRA examination protocol contained a heavily T1-weighted contrast bolus enhanced 3D-gradient echo sequence. The degree of stenosis was estimated retrospectively by two experienced neuroradiologists who were blinded to the sonographic findings. RESULTS: The consistency of MRA and ultrasound was sufficient to plan thrombendarterectomy in 182/195 patients. The estimations of the degree of stenosis were congruent between MRA and ultrasound in 91% of 197 vessels with high-degree carotid artery stenosis. CE-MRA evaluation had a high interobserver agreement. In 3 cases ultrasound examination diagnosed a filiform ICA stenosis which was not visible with MRA. In all these cases, DSA and the intraoperative findings revealed very short (1-2 mm), high-grade, excentric stenosis. CE-MRA correctly detected patency in 5 patients with high-grade and low-flow carotid artery stenosis, which had been regarded as occluded by ultrasound. Conversely with, in CE-MRA two occluded vessels were falsely considered as open. CONCLUSION: The combination of sonography and CE-MRA is a powerful tool for the non-invasive presurgical evaluation of the carotid arteries. DSA should be reserved for selected cases. |
| spellingShingle | Friese, S Krapf, H Fetter, M Klose, U Skalej, M Küker, W Ultrasonography and contrast-enhanced MRA in ICA-stenosis: is conventional angiography obsolete? |
| title | Ultrasonography and contrast-enhanced MRA in ICA-stenosis: is conventional angiography obsolete? |
| title_full | Ultrasonography and contrast-enhanced MRA in ICA-stenosis: is conventional angiography obsolete? |
| title_fullStr | Ultrasonography and contrast-enhanced MRA in ICA-stenosis: is conventional angiography obsolete? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ultrasonography and contrast-enhanced MRA in ICA-stenosis: is conventional angiography obsolete? |
| title_short | Ultrasonography and contrast-enhanced MRA in ICA-stenosis: is conventional angiography obsolete? |
| title_sort | ultrasonography and contrast enhanced mra in ica stenosis is conventional angiography obsolete |
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