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Diagnostic performance of CT and MRI on the detection of symptomatic intracranial dural arteriovenous fistula: a meta-analysis with indirect comparison.
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- Assessment of 4D MR Angiography at 3T Compared with DSA for the Follow-up of Embolized Brain Dural Arteriovenous Fistula: A Dual-Center Study.AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology · 2021Article
- Detection Rate and Radiological Features of Asymptomatic Intracranial Dural Arteriovenous Fistula: Analysis of Magnetic Resonance Imaging Data of 11745 Individuals in the Japanese Brain Check-Up System.Journal of neuroendovascular therapy · 2021Article
- Recent advances in MRI of the head and neck, skull base and cranial nerves: new and evolving sequences, analyses and clinical applications.The British journal of radiology · 2019Review
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- Diagnostic accuracy of CTA and MRI/MRA in the evaluation of the cortical venous reflux in the intracranial dural arteriovenous fistula DAVF.Neuroradiology · 2018Article
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- Abdominal pain in patient with antiphospholipid syndrome-the role of MDCT angiography on visceral blood vessels.Immunologic research · 2017Article
- The role of MSCT angiography in early detection of lower limb arterial lesions in patients with antiphospholipid syndrome.Immunologic research · 2017Article
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Abstract
introductionThis study aims to review the diagnostic performance of computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in symptomatic dural arteriovenous fistula (DAVF).
methodsEMBASE, PubMed, and Cochrane Library were searched until April 2015 for studies which compared CT, MRI, or both with angiography for the detection of DAVF. The diagnostic performances of MRI and CT were indirectly compared using modality as a covariate in the analysis.
resultsThirteen studies met our inclusion criteria. MRI had a sensitivity of 0.90 (95 % confidence interval (CI) = 0.83-0.94) and specificity of 0.94 (95 % CI = 0.90-0.96). CT had a sensitivity of 0.80 (95 % CI = 0.62-0.90) and specificity of 0.87 (95 % CI = 0.74-0.94). MRI showed better diagnostic performance than CT (p = 0.02). Contrast medium use and time-resolved MR angiography did not improve MRI diagnostic performance (p = 0.31 and 0.44, respectively).
conclusionBoth CT and MRI had good diagnostic performance. MRI was better than CT on the detection of symptomatic intracranial dural arteriovenous fistula in the indirect comparison.
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