ArticleLa Radiologia medica2018
CEUS versus CT Angiography in the follow-up of abdominal aortic endoprostheses: diagnostic accuracy and activity-based cost analysis.
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- Contrast-enhanced ultrasound versus CT angiography for endoleak detection after EVAR: a reference-standard-aware systematic review and meta-analysis.CVIR endovascular · 2026Review
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- Evaluating the feasibility of contrast-enhanced ultrasound for detecting after preemptive coiling endoleaks in endovascular aortic aneurysm repair: A pilot study.Journal of vascular surgery cases and innovative techniques · 2024Article
- Feasibility of contrast-enhanced ultrasound in the detection and classification of endoleaks after endovascular aneurysm repair.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2024Article
- Unenhanced computed tomography radiomics help detect endoleaks after endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm.European radiology · 2024Article
- [Endovascular aortic repair of endoleaks : Diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes].Radiologie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2022Review
- Colour Duplex and/or Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound Compared with Computed Tomography Angiography for Endoleak Detection after Endovascular Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
- Five-year outcomes of elective infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm repair at a university hospital in ArgentinaArchivos de cardiologia de Mexico · 2022Article
- Cost-effectiveness analysis of including contrast-enhanced ultrasound in management of pancreatic cystic neoplasms.La Radiologia medica · 2022Article
- Diagnostic evaluation and ablation treatments assessment in hepatocellular carcinoma.Infectious agents and cancer · 2021Review
- Direct percutaneous embolization of aneurysm sac: a safe and effective procedure to treat post-EVAR type II endoleaks.La Radiologia medica · 2021Article
- Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasound (CEUS) in Non-Traumatic Abdominal Emergencies.Ultrasound international open · 2020Review
- Surgical margin follow-up after nephron-sparing surgery: the possible role of CEUS.Journal of ultrasound · 2020Article
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Abstract
purposeTo evaluate diagnostic accuracy and to perform an activity-based cost analysis of contrast-enhanced ultrasonography (CEUS) compared to computed tomography (CT) during annual surveillance after abdominal aortic aneurysm repair with endovascular procedure (EVAR). MATERIALS AND
methodsThis retrospective study included 137 patients in post-EVAR follow-up over a 6-year period (average post-operatory follow-up without aneurysm sac volumetric reduction). Sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive values, negative predictive values and accuracy were considered for CEUS using CT angiography (CTA) as reference standard. An activity-based cost analysis was performed to evaluate potential savings due to the introduction of CEUS as an alternative to CT, after the first year of postoperative negative controls.
resultsCEUS reported accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive values, negative predictive values of 97.4, 96, 100, 100 and 93.1% in the detection and characterization of endoleaks. CEUS cost was € 84.7, and CTA cost was € 157.77, with a differential cost of € 73.07; using CEUS as an alternative to CT allowed a potential saving of 50.052,95 € during follow-up.
conclusionsCEUS is an accurate and cheap imaging method in post-EVAR follow-up patients, and it could be considered as a valid alternative to CTA, after the first year of negative controls, reducing the number of unnecessary CT examinations.
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