RoFo : Fortschritte auf dem Gebiete der Rontgenstrahlen und der Nuklearmedizin · 2003
[B-flow and color-coded B-flow in sonographic diagnosis of filiform stenosis of the internal carotid artery].
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Jung E M, Clevert D-A, Rupp N
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PURPOSE: To evaluate B-flow ultrasound in filiform (> 90 %) stenosis or occlusion of the internal carotid artery (ICA) and to compare it with other imaging modalities.
METHODS AND MATERIALS: Fifty patients with suspected occlusion or filiform stenosis of the internal carotid artery (ICA) on Doppler ultrasound were examined using B-flow ultrasound in either color-coded or brightness mode. The pre-, intra- and poststenotic flow phenomena were compared with color-coded duplex (CCD) and power Doppler (PD) ultrasound. A contrast agent (Optison) was injected in 15 cases. The results were compared with those of selective intraarterial DSA and in 15 cases also with those of MR-angiography (MRA). Twenty-two patients came to surgical intervention.
RESULTS: Diagnosis of ICA occlusion was correct in all 22 cases using CCD, PD and B-flow ultrasound. A filiform ICA-stenosis was correctly seen in all 28 cases when using brightness-modulated or color-coded B-flow or contrast-enhanced power Doppler, but only in 15 cases when using CCD. All 9 ulcerated plaques with appositional thrombi were detected with B-flow, but only 4 cases with CCD. Pre-, intra- and poststenotic flow phenomena in the longitudinal scan were demonstrated simultaneously using color-coded B-flow in 27 out of 28 cases, but only in 17 cases using CCD and in 22 cases using PD. In the 15 cases given contrast agent, B-flow showed no superimposed vessel walls (reverberation artefacts) in the intra- and poststenotic area. In the longitudinal scan, true extend and degree of the distal stenosis of ICA carotid artery stenosis were more precisely measured with B-flow than with PD and CCD.
CONCLUSIONS: The ultrasound diagnosis of filiform stenosis of the ICA is more reliable with B-flow ultrasound than with other ultrasound modalities. B-flow ultrasound has flow phenomena that are less angle-dependent and that are better demarcated against the vessel walls. It is free of superimposed vessel walls and offers better simultaneous intra- and poststenotic flow detection. The improved delineation of the plaque morphology by B-flow ultrasound enables a better evaluation of ulcerations and possible thrombi.
METHODS AND MATERIALS: Fifty patients with suspected occlusion or filiform stenosis of the internal carotid artery (ICA) on Doppler ultrasound were examined using B-flow ultrasound in either color-coded or brightness mode. The pre-, intra- and poststenotic flow phenomena were compared with color-coded duplex (CCD) and power Doppler (PD) ultrasound. A contrast agent (Optison) was injected in 15 cases. The results were compared with those of selective intraarterial DSA and in 15 cases also with those of MR-angiography (MRA). Twenty-two patients came to surgical intervention.
RESULTS: Diagnosis of ICA occlusion was correct in all 22 cases using CCD, PD and B-flow ultrasound. A filiform ICA-stenosis was correctly seen in all 28 cases when using brightness-modulated or color-coded B-flow or contrast-enhanced power Doppler, but only in 15 cases when using CCD. All 9 ulcerated plaques with appositional thrombi were detected with B-flow, but only 4 cases with CCD. Pre-, intra- and poststenotic flow phenomena in the longitudinal scan were demonstrated simultaneously using color-coded B-flow in 27 out of 28 cases, but only in 17 cases using CCD and in 22 cases using PD. In the 15 cases given contrast agent, B-flow showed no superimposed vessel walls (reverberation artefacts) in the intra- and poststenotic area. In the longitudinal scan, true extend and degree of the distal stenosis of ICA carotid artery stenosis were more precisely measured with B-flow than with PD and CCD.
CONCLUSIONS: The ultrasound diagnosis of filiform stenosis of the ICA is more reliable with B-flow ultrasound than with other ultrasound modalities. B-flow ultrasound has flow phenomena that are less angle-dependent and that are better demarcated against the vessel walls. It is free of superimposed vessel walls and offers better simultaneous intra- and poststenotic flow detection. The improved delineation of the plaque morphology by B-flow ultrasound enables a better evaluation of ulcerations and possible thrombi.