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- Title
ECG-triggered non-contrast-enhanced MR angiography (TRANCE) versus digital subtraction angiography (DSA) in patients with peripheral arterial occlusive disease of the lower extremities.
- Authors
Gutzeit A; Sutter R; Froehlich JM; Roos JE; Sautter T; Schoch E; Giger B; Wyss M; Graf N; von Weymarn C; Jenelten R; Binkert CA; Hergan K; Gutzeit, Andreas; Sutter, Reto; Froehlich, Johannes M; Roos, Justus E; Sautter, Thomas; Schoch, Erik; Giger, Barbara
- Abstract
<bold>Objective: </bold>To prospectively determine the diagnostic value of electrocardiography-triggered non-contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography (TRANCE) of the lower extremities including the feet versus DSA.<bold>Methods: </bold>All 43 patients with symptomatic peripheral arterial occlusive disease (PAOD) underwent TRANCE before DSA. Quality of MRA vessel depiction was rated by two independent radiologists on a 3-point scale. Arterial segments were graded for stenoses using a 4-point scale (grade 1: no stenosis; grade 2: moderate stenosis; grade 3: severe stenosis; grade 4: occlusion). Findings were compared with those of DSA.<bold>Results: </bold>In the 731 vessel segments analysed, intra-arterial DSA revealed 283 stenoses: 33.6% moderate, 16.6% severe and 49.8% occlusions. TRANCE yielded a mean sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive value and diagnostic accuracy to detect severe stenoses or occlusions of 95.6%, 97.4%, 87.2%, 99.2%, 97.1% for the thigh segments and 95.2%, 87.5%, 83.2%, 96.6%, 90.5% for the calf segments. Excellent overall image quality was observed for TRANCE in 91.4% versus 95.7% (DSA) for the thigh and in 60.7% versus 91.0% for the calves, while diagnostic quality of the pedal arteries was rated as insufficient.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>TRANCE achieves high diagnostic accuracy in the thigh and calf regions, whereas the pedal arteries showed limited quality.
- Publication
European Radiology, 2011, Vol 21, Issue 9, p1979
- ISSN
0938-7994
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s00330-011-2132-4