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ArticleEuropean journal of medical research2022

Usefulness of silent magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) for the diagnosis of atherosclerosis of the internal carotid artery siphon in comparison with time-of-flight MRA.

Rui Li, Song Jin, Tao Wu, Xiao Zang, Meng Li, Jinfeng Li

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Article in European journal of medical research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Rui LiDepartment of Medical Imaging, Tianjin Huanhu Hospital, 6 Jizhao Road, Tianjin, 300350, China.
Song JinDepartment of Medical Imaging, Tianjin Huanhu Hospital, 6 Jizhao Road, Tianjin, 300350, China.
Tao WuGE Healthcare MR Enhanced Application Team, 1 Tongji South Road, Beijing, 100176, China.
Xiao ZangDepartment of Radiology, The First Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, 28 Fuxing Road, Beijing, 100853, China.
Meng LiDepartment of Radiology, The First Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, 28 Fuxing Road, Beijing, 100853, China.
Jinfeng LiDepartment of Radiology, The First Medical Center of PLA General Hospital, 28 Fuxing Road, Beijing, 100853, China. lijinfeng301@live.com.
Chinese PLA General Hospital · CNTianjin Huanhu Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

background and purposeFlow visualization in 3D time-of-flight MRA (3D-TOF MRA) may be limited for internal carotid artery siphon owing to turbulent artifact. The purpose of this study was to compare the usefulness of Silent MRA and 3D-TOF MRA to assess atherosclerosis of the internal carotid artery siphon. MATERIAL AND

methodsA total of 106 patients with suspected cerebrovascular disease were included. All patients were scanned with Silent MRA and 3D-TOF MRA sequences and also underwent DSA examination. Two observers independently assessed the TOF MRA and Silent MRA images of atherosclerosis of the internal carotid artery siphon. The diagnostic efficacy of two MRA methods in evaluating atherosclerosis of the carotid siphon was performed by using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis. Interobserver reliability was also assessed using weighted kappa statistics.

resultsImage of Silent MRA sequence had higher subjective evaluation scores and significantly high CNR between the carotid siphon and the background tissues than the image of 3D-TOF MRA sequence (P < 0.05). The AUC was 0.928 (95% CI 0.909-0.986) for Silent MRA, which was significantly higher than that of 3D-TOF MRA (0.671, 95% CI 0.610-0.801, P < 0.05). Silent MRA had high sensitivity, specificity and accuracy than 3D-TOF MRA for visualization of the carotid siphon.

conclusionsSilent MRA as a new angiographic modality is superior to 3D-TOF MRA for visualization of the carotid siphon, and maybe an alternative to 3D-TOF MRA in the diagnosis of atherosclerosis of the carotid siphon.

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AgedAged, 80 and overAtherosclerosisCarotid ArteriesCarotid Artery DiseasesFemaleHumansMagnetic Resonance AngiographyMaleMiddle AgedAtherosclerosisDiagnostic efficacyDigital subtraction angiographyInternal carotid artery siphonMagnetic resonance angiographySilent MRATOF MRA

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