Overestimation of moderate carotid stenosis assessed by both Doppler US and contrast enhanced 3D-MR angiography in the CARMEDAS study

Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 148-155

  Nonent, M ^a,b   Ben Salem, D ^b   Serfaty, J M ^c   Buthion, V ^d   Pasco Papon, A ^e   Rotaru, C ^f   Bressollette, L ^g   Papon, X ^e   Pachai, C ^h   Fortrat, J O ^e   Gouny, P ^g   Badra, A ^g   Berge, J ^b   Le Bras, Y ⁱ   Cottier, J P ^j   Gauvrit, J Y ^k   Douek, P ^f  

^a SERVICE DE RHUMATOLOGIE   (France)

^b Universite de Brest   (France)

^c BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^e ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^g BREST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^h BioClinica Inc   (United States)

ⁱ Hospital Center   (France)

^j UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF TOURS   (France)

^k RENNES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

more..

Author keywords

Angiography; Carotid arteries; Comparative studies; Digital subtraction angiography; Magnetic resonance (MR) contrast enhancement; Stenosis or occlusion; US

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID STENOSIS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 79959828282     PISSN: 01509861     EISSN: 17730406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurad.2010.05.002     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Hobson R.W., Weiss D.G., Fields W.S., Goldstone J., Moore W.S., Towne J.B., et al. Efficacy of carotid endarterectomy for asymptomatic carotid stenosis. N Engl J Med 1993, 328:221-227.
2. Executive Committee for the Asymptomatic Carotid Atherosclerosis Study. Endarterectomy for asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis. JAMA 1995;273:1421-8.
3. Halliday A., Mansfield A., Marro J., Peto C., Peto R., Potter J., et al. MRC Asymptomatic Carotid Surgery Trial (ACST) Collaborative Group Prevention of disabling and fatal strokes by successful carotid endarterectomy in patients without recent neurological symptoms: randomised controlled trial. Lancet 2004, 363:1491-1502.
4. Abbott A.L. Medical (nonsurgical) intervention alone is now best for prevention of stroke associated with asymptomatic severe carotid stenosis: results of a systematic review and analysis. Stroke 2009, 40:e573-e583.
5. U-King-Im J.M., Trivedi R.A., Graves M.J., Higgins N.J., Cross J.J., Tom B.D., et al. Contrast-enhanced MR angiography for carotid disease: diagnostic and potential clinical impact. Neurology 2004, 62:1282-1290.
6. Guzman R., Lovblad K.O., Altrichter S., Remonda L., de Koning P., Andres R.H., et al. Clinical validation of an automated vessel-segmentation software of the extracranial-carotid arteries based on 3D-MRA: a prospective study. J Neuroradiol 2008, 35:278-285.
7. Timaran C.H., Rosero E.B., Valentine R.J., Modrall J.G., Smith S., Clagett G.P. Accuracy and utility of three-dimensional contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography in planning carotid stenting. J Vasc Surg 2007, 46:257-264.
8. Wardlaw J.M., Chappell F.M., Best J.J., Wartolowska K., Berry E. NHS Research and Development Health Technology Assessment Carotid Stenosis Imaging Group Non-invasive imaging compared with intra-arterial angiography in the diagnosis of symptomatic carotid stenosis: a meta-analysis. Lancet 2006, 367:1503-1512.
9. Serfaty J.M., Nonent M., Nighoghossian N., Rouhart F., Derex L., Rotaru C., et al. CARMEDAS Study Group Plaque density on CT, a potential marker of ischemic stroke. Neurology 2006, 66:118-120.
10. Nonent M., Serfaty J.M., Nighoghossian N., Rouhart F., Derex L., Rotaru C., et al. CARMEDAS Study Group Concordance rate differences of 3 noninvasive imaging techniques to measure carotid stenosis in clinical routine practice: results of the CARMEDAS multicenter study. Stroke 2004, 35:682-686.
11. Grant E.G., Benson C.B., Moneta G.L., Alexandrov A.V., Baker J.D., Bluth E.I., et al. Carotid artery stenosis: gray-scale and Doppler US diagnosis--Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound Consensus Conferene. Radiology 2003, 229:340-346.
12. Alexandrov AV, Brodie DS, McLean A, Hamilton P, Murphy J, Burns PN. Correlation of peak systolic velocity and angiographic measurement of carotid stenosis revisited. Stroke 1997;28:339-42.
13. Chappell F.M., Wardlaw J.M., Young G.R., Gillard J.H., Roditi G.H., Yip B., et al. Carotid artery stenosis: accuracy of noninvasive tests--individual patient data meta-analysis. Radiology 2009, 251:493-502.
14. Sundgren P.C., Sundén P., Lindgren A., Lanke J., Holtas S., Larsson E.M. Carotid artery stenosis: contrast-enhanced MR angiography with two different scan times compared with digital subtraction angiography. Neuroradiology 2002, 44:592-599.
15. Makaryus A.N., Phillips L.M., Wright P., et al. Mandatory diagnostic angiography for carotid artery stenosis prior to carotid artery intervention. J Interv Cardiol 2009, 22:16-21.
16. Nederkoorn P.J., Mali W.P., Eikelboom B.C., Elgersma O.E., Buskens E., Hunink M.G., et al. Preoperative diagnosis of carotid artery stenosis: accuracy of noninvasive testing. Stroke 2002, 33:2003-2008.
17. Clevert D.A., Johnson T., Michaely H., Jung E.M., Flach P.M., Strautz T.I., et al. High-grade stenoses of the internal carotid artery: comparison of high-resolution contrast enhanced 3D MRA, duplex sonography and power Doppler imaging. Eur J Radiol 2006, 60:379-386.
18. Silvennoinen H.M., Ikonen S., Soinne L., Railo M., Valanne L. CT angiographic analysis of carotid artery stenosis: comparison of manual assessment, semiautomatic vessel analysis, and digital subtraction angiography. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2007, 28:97-103.
19. Uotani K., Watanabe Y., Higashi M., Nakazawa T., Kono A.K., Hori Y., et al. Dual-energy CT head bone and hard plaque removal for quantification of calcified carotid stenosis: utility and comparison with digital subtraction angiography. Eur Radiol 2009, 19:2060-2065.
20. Wardlaw J.M., Lewis S.C., Collie D.A., Sellar R. Interobserver variability of magnetic resonance angiography in the diagnosis of carotid stenosis-effect of observer experience. Neuroradiology 2002, 44:126-132.
21. Huston J., Fain S.B., Wald J.T., Luetmer P.H., Rydberg C.H., Covarrubias D.J., et al. Carotid artery: elliptic centric contrast-enhanced MR angiography compared with conventional angiography. Radiology 2001, 218:138-143.
22. Elgersma O.E., Wüst A.F., Buijs P.C., van Der Graaf Y., Eikelboom B.C., Mali W.P. Multidirectional depiction of internal carotid arterial stenosis: three-dimensional time-of-flight MR angiography versus rotational and conventional digital subtraction angiography. Radiology 2000, 216:511-516.
23. Anzalone N., Scomazzoni F., Castellano R., Strada L., Righi C., Politi L.S., et al. Carotid artery stenosis: intraindividual correlations of 3D time-of-flight MR angiography, contrast- enhanced MR angiography, conventional DSA, and rotational angiography for detection and grading. Radiology 2005, 236:204-213.
24. Silvennoinen H.M., Ikonen S., Soinne L., Railo M., Valanne L. CT angiographic analysis of carotid artery stenosis: comparison of manual assessment, semiautomatic vessel analysis, and digital subtraction angiography. AJNR Am J Neuroradioly 2007, 28:97-103.
25. Patel S.G., Collie D.A., Wardlaw J.M., Lewis S.C., Wright A.R., Gibson R.J., 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.
26. Buskens E., Nederkoorn P.J., Buijs-Van Der Woude T., Mali W.P., Kappelle L.J., Eikelboom B.C., et al. Imaging of carotid arteries in symptomatic patients: cost-effectiveness of diagnostic strategies. Radiology 2004, 233:101-112.
27. Wardlaw J.M., Chappell F.M., Stevenson M., De Nigris E., Thomas S., Gillard J., et al. Accurate, practical and cost-effective assessment of carotid stenosis in the UK. Health Technol Assess 2006, 10:1-182. [iii-iv, ix-x].
28. Young G.R., Humphrey P.R., Nixon T.E., Smith E.T. Variability in measurement of extracranial internal carotid artery stenosis as displayed by both digital subtraction and magnetic resonance angiography: an assessment of three caliper techniques and visual impression of stenosis. Stroke 1996, 27:467-473.
29. U-King-Im J.M., Graves M.J., Cross J.J., Higgins N.J., Wat J., Trivedi R.A., et al. Internal carotid artery stenosis: accuracy of subjective visual impression for evaluation with digital subtraction angiography and contrast-enhanced MR angiography. Radiology 2007, 244:213-222.