• Radiology · Dec 2009

    Comparative Study

    MR angiography of infrapopliteal arteries in patients with peripheral arterial occlusive disease by using Gadofosveset at 3.0 T: diagnostic accuracy compared with selective DSA.

    • Harald Marcel Bonel, Bettina Saar, Hanno Hoppe, Hak Hong Keo, Marc Husmann, Konstantin Nikolaou, Karin Ludwig, Zsolt Szucs-Farkas, Sudesh Srivastav, and Ralph Kickuth.
    • Institute for Diagnostic, Interventional and Pediatric Radiology and Division of Angiology, Swiss Cardiovascular Center, University of Bern-Inselspital, Freiburgstrasse 10, 3010 Bern, Switzerland. bonel@gmx.ch
    • Radiology. 2009 Dec 1; 253 (3): 879-90.

    PurposeTo prospectively compare the diagnostic accuracy of steady-state, high-spatial-resolution magnetic resonance (MR) angiography of the lower leg, performed with a blood pool contrast agent, with selective digital subtraction angiography (DSA) as the reference standard in patients with symptomatic peripheral arterial disease.Materials And MethodsLocal ethics committee approval and written informed consent were obtained. In a nonrandomized trial, selective DSA and MR angiography were performed at 3.0 T with a blood pool contrast agent on 22 calves in 20 patients (mean age, 69.4 years +/- 11.3 [standard deviation]), 16 men (mean age, 67.8 years +/- 12.4) and four women (mean age, 75.6 years +/- 3.6 years), to evaluate 352 arterial segments. DSA and MR angiography were performed within 24 hours of each other and directly compared by three experienced, blinded radiologists by using high-spatial-resolution steady-state MR angiograms. Consensus reading for both DSA and MR angiography served as the reference standard.ResultsMR angiography was successful and occurred without serious adverse events in all patients. Seven significantly stenosed and 40 occluded segments were rated equally in both modalities. In three cases, the tibial arteries were shown to be occluded or significantly stenosed at DSA but appeared normal or significantly stenosed at MR angiography. The respective average segment sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy were 98.3% (59 of 60), 98% (113.7 of 116), and 98.1% (172.7 of 176) for DSA and 100% (60 of 60), 100% (116 of 116), and 100% (176 of 176) for MR angiography. Steady-state MR angiography was especially useful for the distal peroneal artery and the proximal anterior tibial artery.ConclusionMR angiography performed with blood pool agents has an accuracy comparable with that of selective DSA in the lower leg but with less risk involved. Steady-state imaging performed with blood pool agents facilitates evaluation of MR angiography of infrapopliteal arteries.

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