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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2022

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.

Georgios I Karaolanis, Constantine N Antonopoulos, Efstratios Georgakarakos, Georgios D Lianos, Michail Mitsis, Georgios K Glantzounis, Athanasios Giannoukas, George Kouvelos

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Georgios I KaraolanisVascular Unit, Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Ioannina and School of Medicine, 455 00 Ioannina, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-0104-1512
Constantine N AntonopoulosDepartment of Vascular Surgery, "Attikon" University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 124 61 Athens, Greece.
Efstratios GeorgakarakosDepartment of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, "Democritus" University of Thrace, 681 00 Alexandroupolis, Greece.
Georgios D LianosDepartment of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Ioannina, 451 10 Ioannina, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-6106-8178
Michail MitsisDepartment of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Ioannina, 451 10 Ioannina, Greece.
Georgios K GlantzounisDepartment of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Ioannina, 451 10 Ioannina, Greece.
Athanasios GiannoukasDepartment of Vascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University Hospital of Larissa, University of Thessaly, 411 10 Larissa, Greece.
George KouvelosDepartment of Vascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University Hospital of Larissa, University of Thessaly, 411 10 Larissa, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-5443-2066
University of Ioannina · GRUniversity of Thessaly · GRDemocritus University of Thrace · GRNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GRUniversity Hospital of Ioannina · GR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aims to assess the role of Color Duplex Ultrasound with or without contrast media for surveillance following endovascular aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR). A systematic search of the literature published until April 2022 was performed according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. The pooled rates of endoleak detection through Contrast-Enhanced or Color Duplex Ultrasound (CEUS or CDUS) and Computed Tomography Angiography (CTA) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were estimated using random-effect analysis. Thirty-eight studies were considered eligible for inclusion. The total number of patients in the included studies was 5214 between 1997 and 2021. The overall pooled rate of endoleak detection using CDUS and CTA was 82.59% and 97.22%, while the rates for CEUS and CTA were 96.67% and 92.82%, respectively. The findings of the present study support the use of the CEUS for endoleak detection. However, it should be integrated into institutional protocols for EVAR surveillance to further evaluate its clinical utility in the post-EVAR period before it can be recommended as the sole imaging modality after EVAR.

Indexed as

abdominal aortic aneurysmContrast-enhanced ultrasoundDuplex Ultrasoundendoleaksendovascular aortic repair (EVAR)

Identifiers

PMID35806912
PMCPMC9267587
OpenAlexW4283382239

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