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ArticleInterventional neuroradiology : journal of peritherapeutic neuroradiology, surgical procedures and related neurosciences2012

CE-MRA for follow-up of aneurysms post stent-assisted coiling.

R Agid, M Schaaf, Ri Farb

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Article in Interventional neuroradiology : journal of peritherapeutic neuroradiology, surgical procedures and related neurosciences, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 53 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

R AgidDepartment of Medical Imaging, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ronit.agid@uhn.ca
M Schaaf
Ri Farb
Toronto Western Hospital · CA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study compared the accuracy of contrast-enhanced MR angiography (CE-MRA) to intra-arterial cerebral angiography (IA-DSA) for assessment of intracranial aneurysms after stent-assisted coiling and to check if the presence of a stent in the parent artery diminishes the accuracy of CE-MRA. Consecutive patients with cerebral aneurysms treated by stent-assisted coiling were evaluated retrospectively. Matching follow-up CE-MRA and IA-DSA were evaluated separately. Evaluation included the presence of aneurysmal remnant, patency and stenosis of parent artery. Twenty-seven patients with 28 aneurysms and 33 matched CE-MRA and IA-DSA studies were evaluated. Nineteen aneurysmal remnants were seen on CE-MRA and 16 on IA-DSA. CE-MRA diagnosed three aneurysmal remnants not appreciated on IA-DSA. Five other remnants were larger on CE-MRA than IA-DSA. None of the remnants were missed on CE-MRA. Parent arteries were patent on both modalities. CE-MRA showed false stenosis of the stented artery in six cases and exaggerated stenosis in two. In 18 cases, CE-MRA showed a short focal "pseudo-stenosis" where the stent's marker bands were located. This was noted whenever the stent's marker bands were located in an artery with luminal diameter ≤2 mm and was called "marker band effect". CE-MRA is an accurate technique for follow-up of aneurysms post stent-assisted coiling with excellent depiction of remnants in spite of the presence of a stent. Apparent stenosis of the stented parent artery on CE-MRA is often false or exaggerated. "Marker band effect" should be recognized as an artifact that appears when stent's marker bands are in a small artery.

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StentsAdultAgedCerebral AngiographyContrast MediaEmbolization, TherapeuticFemaleHumansIntracranial AneurysmIohexolMagnetic Resonance AngiographyMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesTreatment OutcomeVascular PatencyContrast MediaIohexol

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PMID22958765
PMCPMC3442300
OpenAlexW1492805612

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