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14.02.2021 | Vascular-Interventional

Quantification of intracranial arterial stenotic degree evaluated by high-resolution vessel wall imaging and time-of-flight MR angiography: reproducibility, and diagnostic agreement with DSA

verfasst von: Yan Gong, Chen Cao, Yu Guo, Binge Chang, Zhiguo Sheng, Wen Shen, Ying Zou, Xiudi Lu, Jiahua Xing, Shuang Xia

Erschienen in: European Radiology | Ausgabe 8/2021

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Abstract

Objectives

The purpose of this study was to compare the reproducibility and diagnostic agreement of high-resolution vessel wall imaging (HR-VWI) and time-of-flight magnetic resonance angiography (TOF-MRA) with digital subtraction angiography (DSA) to evaluate intracranial arterial stenosis.

Methods

We retrospectively enrolled patients who underwent HR-VWI and TOF-MRA with suspected intracranial artery disease and had DSA results from our institutional imaging database. Two neuroradiologists separately and independently evaluated anonymous image data for the stenotic lesions. DSA was analyzed by two neurointerventionalists and it served as a standard criterion. The reproducibility of these two MR techniques was determined by the intraclass correlation coefficients (ICCs). The diagnostic agreement to DSA was assessed by the concordance correlation coefficients (CCCs).

Results

A total of 246 lesions from 106 individuals were analyzed for stenotic degrees. The total intra-observer and inter-observer reproducibility of HR-VWI was excellent for identifying stenosis and better than of TOF-MRA. The overall concordance of HR-VWI with DSA was excellent with CCC = 0.932, whereas TOF-MRA was 0.694. In addition, HR-VWI could provide additional vessel wall information.

Conclusions

HR-VWI has more advantages over TOF-MRA, such as better reproducibilities and diagnostic agreements with DSA to analyze intracranial arterial stenosis. It provides additional information that helps in clinical diagnosis and management.

Key Points

• High-resolution vessel wall imaging can assess intracranial arterial stenosis with a better reproducibility than TOF-MRA and has a higher diagnostic agreement with DSA.

• High-resolution vessel wall imaging had a higher diagnostic agreement with DSA compared with TOF-MRA.

• Apart from evaluating vascular stenosis, HR-VWI provided additional vessel wall information to help in clinical diagnosis.

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Titel: Quantification of intracranial arterial stenotic degree evaluated by high-resolution vessel wall imaging and time-of-flight MR angiography: reproducibility, and diagnostic agreement with DSA
verfasst von: Yan Gong
Chen Cao
Yu Guo
Binge Chang
Zhiguo Sheng
Wen Shen
Ying Zou
Xiudi Lu
Jiahua Xing
Shuang Xia
Publikationsdatum: 14.02.2021
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in: European Radiology / Ausgabe 8/2021
Print ISSN: 0938-7994
Elektronische ISSN: 1432-1084
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-021-07719-x

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