CT angiography is cost-effective for confirmation of internal carotid artery occlusions

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 355-359

  Brown, Devin L ^a,e   Hoffman, Stuart N ^b   Jacobs, Teresa L ^a   Gruis, Kirsten L ^c   Johnson, Susan L ^c   Chernew, Michael E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e Cardiovascular Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral angiography; Cost benefit analysis; Health services research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MEDICARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCREENING TEST;

CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MARKOV CHAINS; RISK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 53149131733     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2007.00216.x     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. North American Symptomatic Carotid Endarterectomy Trial Collaborators. Beneficial effect of carotid arterectomy in symptomatic patients with high-grade carotid stenosis. N Engl J Med 1991 325 : 445 453.
2. Randomised trial of endarterectomy for recently symptomatic carotid stenosis: final results of the MRC European Carotid Surgery Trial (ECST). Lancet 1998 351 : 1379 1387.
3. Goldstein LB, Bonito AJ, Matchar DB, et al. US national survey of physician practices for the secondary and tertiary prevention of ischemic stroke. Design, service availability, and common practices. Stroke 1995 26 : 1607 1615.
4. Bridgers S. Clinical correlates of Doppler/ultrasound errors in the detection of internal carotid artery occlusion. Stroke 1989 20 : 612 615.
5. Cosottini M, Pingitore A, Puglioli M, et al. Contrast-enhanced three-dimensional magnetic resonance angiography of atherosclerotic internal carotid stenosis as the noninvasive imaging modality in revascularization decision making. Stroke 2003 34 : 660 664.
6. Kollias S, Binkert C, Ruesch S, Valavanis A. Contrast-enhanced MR angiography of the supra-aortic vessels in 24 seconds: a feasibility study. Neuroradiology 1999 41 : 391 400.
7. Wikström J, Johansson L, Rossitti S, Karacagil S, Ahlström H. High-resolution carotid artery MRA: comparison with fast dynamic acquisition and duplex ultrasound scanning. Acta Radiologica 2002 43 : 256 261.
8. Chen CJ, Lee TH, Hsu HL, et al. Multi-Slice CT angiography in diagnosing total versus near occlusions of the internal carotid artery: comparison with catheter angiography. Stroke 2004 35 : 83 85.
9. Sameshima T, Futami S, Morita Y, et al. Clinical usefulness of and problems with three-dimensional CT angiography for the evaluation of arteriosclerotic stenosis of the carotid artery: comparison with conventional angiography, MRA, and ultrasound sonography. Surg Neurol 1999 51 : 301 308.
10. Barnett H, Taylor D, Eliasziw M, et al. Benefit of carotid endarterectomy in patients with symptomatic moderate or severe stenosis. N Engl J Med 1998 339 : 1415 1425.
11. Nederkoorn P, Mali W, Eikelboom B, et al. Preoperative diagnosis of carotid artery stenosis: accuracy of noninvasive testing. Stroke 2002 33 : 2003 2008.
12. Remonda L, Senn P, Barth A, Arnold M, Lovblad K, Schroth G. Contrast-enhanced 3D MR angiography of the carotid artery: comparison with conventional digital subtraction angiography. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2002 23 : 213 219.
13. Koelemay MJW, Nederkoorn PJ, Reitsma JB, Majoie CB. Systematic review of computed tomographic angiography for assessment of carotid artery disease. Stroke 2004 35 : 2306 2312.
14. Klijn CJ, Kappelle LJ, Tulleken CA, van Gijn J. Symptomatic carotid artery occlusion. A reappraisal of hemodynamic factors. Stroke 1997 28 : 2084 2093.
15. Hankey G, Warlow C, Sellar RJ. Cerebral angiographic risk in mild cerebrovascular disease. Stroke 1990 21 : 209 222.
16. Katayama H, Yamaguchi K, Kozuka T, Takashima T, Seez P, Matsuura K. Adverse reactions to ionic and nonionic contrast media. A report from the Japanese Committee on the Safety of Contrast Media. Radiology 1990 175 : 621 628.
17. Post P, Stiggelbout A, Wakker PP. The utility of health states after stroke: a systematic review of the literature. Stroke 2001 32 : 1425 1429.
18. Cronenwett J, Birkmeyer J, Nackman G, et al. Cost-effectiveness of carotid endarterectomy in asymptomatic patients. J Vasc Surg 1997 25 : 298 311.
19. Holloway RG, Witter DM, Jr., Lawton KB, Lipscomb J, Samsa G. Inpatient costs of specific cerebrovascular events at five academic medical centers. Neurology 1996 46 : 854 860.
20. Samsa GP, Bian J, Lipscomb J, Matchar DB. Epidemiology of recurrent cerebral infarction: a medicare claims-based comparison of first and recurrent strokes on 2-year survival and cost. Stroke 1999 30 : 338 349.
21. Ubel PA, Hirth RA, Chernew ME, Fendrick AM. What is the price of life and why doesn't it increase at the rate of inflation? Arch Intern Med 2003 163 : 1637 1641.
22. Patel SG, Collie DA, Wardlaw JM, et al. Outcome, observer reliability, and patient preferences if CTA, MRA, or Doppler ultrasound were used, individually or together, instead of digital subtraction angiography before carotid endarterectomy. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2002 73 : 21 28.
23. Benade MM, Warlow CP. Costs and benefits of carotid endarterectomy and associated preoperative arterial imaging: a systematic review of health economic literature. Stroke 2002 33 : 629 638.
24. Buskens E, Nederkoorn PJ, Buijs-van der Woude T, et al. Imaging of carotid arteries in symptomatic patients: cost-effectiveness of diagnostic strategies. Radiology 2004 233 : 101 112.
25. Kent KC, Kuntz KM, Patel MR, et al. Perioperative imaging strategies for carotid endarterectomy. An analysis of morbidity and cost-effectiveness in symptomatic patients. JAMA 1995 274 : 888 893.
26. King-Im JM, Hollingworth W, Trivedi RA, et al. Cost-effectiveness of diagnostic strategies prior to carotid endarterectomy. Ann Neurol 2005 58 : 506 515.
27. Anderson G, Ashforth R, Steinke D, Ferdinandy R, Findlay J. CT angiography for the detection and characterization of carotid artery bifurcation disease. Stroke 2000 31 : 2168 2174.
28. Josephson SA, Bryant SO, Mak HK, Johnston SC, Dillon WP, Smith WS. Evaluation of carotid stenosis using CT angiography in the initial evaluation of stroke and TIA. Neurology 2004 63 : 457 460.
29. Rothwell P, Gutnikov S, Warlow CP. Reanalysis of the final results of the European Carotid Surgery Trial. Stroke 2003 34 : 514 523.
30. Rothwell P, Eliasziw M, Gutnikov S, et al. Analysis of pooled data from the randomized controlled trials of endarterectomy for symptomatic carotid stenosis. Lancet 2003 361 : 107 116.
31. Brookes ST, Whitely E, Egger M, Smith GD, Mulheran PA, Peters TJ. Subgroup analyses in randomized trials: risks of subgroup-specific analyses; power and sample size for the interaction test. J Clin Epidemiol 2004 57 : 229 236.
32. Morgenstern L, Fox A, Sharpe B, Eliasziw M, Barnett H, Grotta JC. The risks and benefits of carotid endarterectomy in patients with near occlusion of the carotid artery. Neurology 1997 48 : 911 915.
33. Bornstein N, Beloev Z, Norris J. The limitations of diagnosis of carotid occlusion by Doppler ultrasound. Ann Surg 1998 207 : 315 317.
34. Begg C, Berlin J. Publication bias and dissemination of clinical research. J Natl Cancer Inst 1989 81 : 107 115.
35. Lasser EC, Lyon SG, Berry CC. Reports on contrast media reactions: analysis of data from reports to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Radiology 1997 203 : 605 610.
36. Kaufmann TJ, Huston J, Mandrekar JN, Schleck CD, Thielen KR, Kallmes DF. Complications of diagnostic cerebral angiography: evaluation of 19,826 consecutive patients. Radiology 2007 243 : 812 819.
37. Nussbaum ES, Heros RC, Erickson DL. Cost-effectiveness of carotid endarterectomy. Neurosurgery 1996 38 : 237 244.
38. Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Fed Reg Depar Health Human Services 2004 69 : 836 838.
39. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Medicare Physician Fee Schedule. Michigan Locality 01 2004.