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A Comparison of Magnetic Resonance Angiography Techniques for the Evaluation of Intracranial Aneurysms Treated With Stent-assisted Coil Embolization
AIM: To identify the effective magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) technique to monitor intracranial aneurysms treated with stent-assisted coiling. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Retrospective analysis of various MRA techniques was performed in 42 patients. Three neuroradiologists independently compared no...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5208631/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28083453 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.909 |
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author | Thamburaj, Krishnamoorthy Cockroft, Kevin Agarwal, Amit K Sabat, Shyam Kalapos, Paul |
author_facet | Thamburaj, Krishnamoorthy Cockroft, Kevin Agarwal, Amit K Sabat, Shyam Kalapos, Paul |
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description | AIM: To identify the effective magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) technique to monitor intracranial aneurysms treated with stent-assisted coiling. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Retrospective analysis of various MRA techniques was performed in 42 patients. Three neuroradiologists independently compared non-contrast time of flight (ncTOF) MRA of the head, contrast-enhanced time of flight (cTOF) MRA of the head and dynamic contrast-enhanced MRA (CEMRA) of the head and neck or of the head. Digital subtraction angiography (DSA) was available for comparison in 32 cases. Inter-rater agreement (kappa statistic) was assessed. RESULTS: Artifactual in-stent severe stenosis or flow gap was identified by ncTOF MRA in 23 of 42 cases (55%) and by cTOF MRA in 23 of 38 cases (60%). DSA excluded in-stent stenosis or occlusion in all 32 cases. No difference was noted between ncTOF and cTOF in the demonstration of neck remnants or residual aneurysms in three cases each. CEMRA of the head and neck or of the head was rated superior to ncTOF and cTOF MRA by all three investigators in seven out of eight cases. In one case, all three techniques demonstrated signifcant artifacts due to double stent placement during coiling. The kappa statistic revealed 0.8 agreement between investigators. CONCLUSIONS: In the assessment of stent-assisted coiling of intracranial aneurysm, both ncTOF and cTOF MRA show similar results. CEMRA tends to show better flow signals in stent and residual aneurysm. |
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spelling | pubmed-52086312017-01-12 A Comparison of Magnetic Resonance Angiography Techniques for the Evaluation of Intracranial Aneurysms Treated With Stent-assisted Coil Embolization Thamburaj, Krishnamoorthy Cockroft, Kevin Agarwal, Amit K Sabat, Shyam Kalapos, Paul Cureus Radiology AIM: To identify the effective magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) technique to monitor intracranial aneurysms treated with stent-assisted coiling. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Retrospective analysis of various MRA techniques was performed in 42 patients. Three neuroradiologists independently compared non-contrast time of flight (ncTOF) MRA of the head, contrast-enhanced time of flight (cTOF) MRA of the head and dynamic contrast-enhanced MRA (CEMRA) of the head and neck or of the head. Digital subtraction angiography (DSA) was available for comparison in 32 cases. Inter-rater agreement (kappa statistic) was assessed. RESULTS: Artifactual in-stent severe stenosis or flow gap was identified by ncTOF MRA in 23 of 42 cases (55%) and by cTOF MRA in 23 of 38 cases (60%). DSA excluded in-stent stenosis or occlusion in all 32 cases. No difference was noted between ncTOF and cTOF in the demonstration of neck remnants or residual aneurysms in three cases each. CEMRA of the head and neck or of the head was rated superior to ncTOF and cTOF MRA by all three investigators in seven out of eight cases. In one case, all three techniques demonstrated signifcant artifacts due to double stent placement during coiling. The kappa statistic revealed 0.8 agreement between investigators. CONCLUSIONS: In the assessment of stent-assisted coiling of intracranial aneurysm, both ncTOF and cTOF MRA show similar results. CEMRA tends to show better flow signals in stent and residual aneurysm. Cureus 2016-12-02 /pmc/articles/PMC5208631/ /pubmed/28083453 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.909 Text en Copyright © 2016, Thamburaj et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Radiology Thamburaj, Krishnamoorthy Cockroft, Kevin Agarwal, Amit K Sabat, Shyam Kalapos, Paul A Comparison of Magnetic Resonance Angiography Techniques for the Evaluation of Intracranial Aneurysms Treated With Stent-assisted Coil Embolization |
title | A Comparison of Magnetic Resonance Angiography Techniques for the Evaluation of Intracranial Aneurysms Treated With Stent-assisted Coil Embolization |
title_full | A Comparison of Magnetic Resonance Angiography Techniques for the Evaluation of Intracranial Aneurysms Treated With Stent-assisted Coil Embolization |
title_fullStr | A Comparison of Magnetic Resonance Angiography Techniques for the Evaluation of Intracranial Aneurysms Treated With Stent-assisted Coil Embolization |
title_full_unstemmed | A Comparison of Magnetic Resonance Angiography Techniques for the Evaluation of Intracranial Aneurysms Treated With Stent-assisted Coil Embolization |
title_short | A Comparison of Magnetic Resonance Angiography Techniques for the Evaluation of Intracranial Aneurysms Treated With Stent-assisted Coil Embolization |
title_sort | comparison of magnetic resonance angiography techniques for the evaluation of intracranial aneurysms treated with stent-assisted coil embolization |
topic | Radiology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5208631/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28083453 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.909 |
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