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van der Lugt A, Gussenhoven EJ, Tai JA, van Sambeek MR, Pieterman H, van Urk H. Femoropopliteal Venous Bypass Studied with Intravascular Ultrasound: A Case Report. J Endovasc Ther 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/152660289600300312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Purpose: To describe the ability of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) to document the status of the greater saphenous vein during bypass surgery, the long-term changes in the bypass, and the effects of balloon angioplasty on vein graft stenoses. Methods: An 80-year-old female underwent in situ femoropopliteal venous bypass grafting. Vein graft stenosis developed 6 months later, necessitating balloon angioplasty. The angioplasty failed, and a polytetrafluoroethylene (e-PTFE) interposition graft was placed. Ten months after bypass surgery, balloon angioplasty was performed for new stenoses. This procedure also failed, and the venous bypass and interposition graft were removed and replaced by an e-PTFE graft. IVUS images obtained during the first surgery were compared with those obtained 10 months later. Histologic sections were used to confirm the IVUS findings. Results: IVUS detected a distinct narrowed venous segment, pre-existent intimal thickening, and disrupted valves. Over the follow-up period, both the pre-existent intimal thickening and the narrowed segment evolved into stenoses, necessitating treatment. Luminal gain after balloon angioplasty of graft stenosis was associated with vascular damage. Conclusions: This report shows that IVUS has the ability to document long-term venous bypass alterations and to demonstrate the effect of balloon angioplasty on venous bypass stenoses.
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- Aad van der Lugt
- Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Radiology, University Hospital Rotterdam Dijkzigt, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Rotterdam Dijkzigt, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology, University Hospital Rotterdam Dijkzigt, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Rotterdam Dijkzigt, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Leertouwer TC, Gussenhoven EJ, van Lankeren W, van Overhagen H. Response of Renal and Femoropopliteal Arteries to Palmaz Stent Implantation Assessed with Intravascular Ultrasound. J Endovasc Ther 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/152660289900600412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Purpose: To establish the processes responsible for late lumen loss in renal and femoropopliteal Palmaz stents using intravascular ultrasound (IVUS). Methods: The first 7 consecutive patients treated with stents for renal (n = 4) and femoropopliteal (n = 3) arterial occlusive disease were studied with IVUS immediately after angiographically successful stent placement (< 10% residual stenosis) and periodically during follow-up. Images of both stent edges and the most stenotic site inside the stent at follow-up were matched to the same cross sections captured immediately after stent placement for quantitative analysis. Results: Late lumen loss in renal artery stents at 5 to 34 months was considerably less than in femoropopliteal stents (17% versus 62%, respectively). In the renal location, late lumen loss (3.0 ± 1.3 mm2) was due to neointimal hyperplasia, whereas stent area remained unchanged (3% decrease). Late lumen loss (7.4 ± 8.2 mm2) in femoropopliteal stents was due to neointimal hyperplasia and stent area reduction (26%). Overall, in both types of arteries, neointimal development and stent area reduction were larger at the most stenotic site than at the stent edges. Conclusions: These data suggest that there may be differences between renal and femoropopliteal arteries in the extent of hyperplastic response to stents.
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- Trude C. Leertouwer
- Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam and ICIN, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Radiology, Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam and ICIN, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam and ICIN, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam and ICIN, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology, Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam and ICIN, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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van Sambeek MRHM, Gussenhoven EJ, van Overhagen H, Honkoop J, van der Lugt A, du Bois NAJJ, van Urk H. Intravascular Ultrasound in Endovascular Stent-Grafts for Peripheral Aneurysm: A Clinical Study. J Endovasc Ther 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/152660289800500203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Purpose: To evaluate the potential diagnostic information of intraprocedural intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) in patients undergoing endovascular stent-grafting for peripheral aneurysm. Methods: IVUS was used in 17 patients preprocedurally to measure the diameter of the proximal and distal neck and the length of the aneurysm. Balloon and stent-graft sizes were selected based on these measurements. Following stent-graft deployment, angiography and IVUS were used to document stent apposition and the configuration and diameter of the stent-graft. Results: Stent-graft insertion was considered successful in 8 patients based on angiography and IVUS images. In 9 others, both imaging modalities showed inadequate results, necessitating 12 additional procedures: balloon angioplasty for stent-graft stenosis (2) and inadequate stent-graft apposition (1); an additional stent-graft (4); an extra stent (1); thrombectomy (2); and conversion (2) for inadequate stent-graft position and a graft rupture. In these patients, intraprocedural IVUS was superior to angiography in contributing vital information to aid in the selection of the additional interventions. Conclusions: During management of peripheral aneurysms with endovascular stent-grafts, IVUS monitoring was a useful adjunct when the initial procedure was unsatisfactory and/or when intraprocedural angiographic studies were inconclusive.
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- Department of Experimental Echocardiography, University Hospital Rotterdam-Dijkzigt, Erasmus University, and the Interuniversity Cardiology Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology, University Hospital Rotterdam-Dijkzigt, Erasmus University, and the Interuniversity Cardiology Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Experimental Echocardiography, University Hospital Rotterdam-Dijkzigt, Erasmus University, and the Interuniversity Cardiology Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology, University Hospital Rotterdam-Dijkzigt, Erasmus University, and the Interuniversity Cardiology Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Gill-Leertouwer TC, Gussenhoven EJ, Deinum J, van Dijk LC, Pattynama PMT. Shrinkage of the distal renal artery 1 year after stent placement as evidenced with serial intravascular ultrasound. Br J Radiol 2002; 75:879-83. [PMID: 12466252 DOI: 10.1259/bjr.75.899.750879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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The objective of this study was to determine the quantitative intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) and angiographic changes that occur during 1 year follow-up after renal artery stent placement, given that restenosis continues to be a limitation of renal artery stent placement. 38 consecutive patients with symptomatic renal artery stenosis treated with Palmaz stent placement were studied prospectively. IVUS and angiography were performed at the time of stent placement and at 1 year follow-up. At follow-up, angiographic restenosis was seen in 14% of patients. The lumen area in the stent, seen with IVUS, was significantly decreased from 24+/-5.6 mm(2) to 17+/-5.6 mm(2) (p<0.001) solely due to plaque accumulation. The distal main renal artery showed a significant decrease in lumen area owing to a significant vessel area decrease from 39+/-14.0 mm(2) to 29+/-9.3 mm(2) (p<0.001) without plaque accumulation. Angiographic analysis confirmed this reduction in luminal diameter and showed that the distal renal artery diameter at follow-up was significantly smaller than before stent placement (86+/-23.0% vs 104+/-23.9% of the contralateral renal artery diameter; p=0.003). Besides plaque accumulation in the stent, unexplained shrinkage of the distal main renal artery was evidenced with IVUS and angiography 1 year following stent placement.
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Gabeler EEE, van Hillegersberg R, Statius van Eps RG, Sluiter W, Gussenhoven EJ, Mulder P, van Urk H. A comparison of balloon injury models of endovascular lesions in rat arteries. BMC Cardiovasc Disord 2002; 2:16. [PMID: 12350231 PMCID: PMC130046 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2261-2-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2002] [Accepted: 09/27/2002] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Balloon injury (BI) of the rat carotid artery (CCA) is widely used to study intimal hyperplasia (IH) and decrease in lumen diameter (LD), but CCA's small diameter impedes the evaluation of endovascular therapies. Therefore, we validated BI in the aorta (AA) and iliac artery (CIA) to compare it with CCA. METHODS Rats underwent BI or a sham procedure (control). Light microscopic evaluation was performed either directly or at 1, 2, 3, 4 and 16 weeks follow-up. The area of IH and the change in LD (LD at 16 weeks minus LD post BI) were compared. RESULTS In the BI-groups the area of IH increased to 0.14 +/- 0.08 mm2 (CCA), 0.14 +/- 0.03 mm2 (CIA) and 0.12 +/- 0.04 mm2 (AA) at 16 weeks (NS). The LD decreased with 0.49 +/- 0.07 mm (CCA), compared to 0.22 +/- 0.07 mm (CIA) and 0.07 +/- 0.10 mm (AA) at 16 weeks (p < 0.05). The constrictive vascular remodelling (CVR = wall circumference loss combined with a decrease in LD) was -0.17 +/- 0.05 mm in CIA but absent in CCA and AA. No IH, no decrease in LD and no CVR was seen in the control groups. CONCLUSIONS BI resulted in: (1.) a decrease in LD in CCA due to IH, (2.) a decrease in LD in CIA due to IH and CVR, (3.) no change in LD in AA, (4.) Comparable IH development in all arteries, (5.) CCA has no vasa vasorum compared to CIA and AA, (6.) The CIA model combines good access for 2 F endovascular catheters with a decrease in LD due to IH and CVR after BI.
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- Dept. of Biochemistry, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Dept. of Experimental echocardiology (ICIN), Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Dept. of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, the Netherlands Institute for Health Sciences
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- Dept. of Surgery, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Hagenaars T, A Po IFL, van Sambeek MRHM, Coen VLMA, Van Tongeren RBM, Gescher FM, Wittens CHA, Boelhouwer RU, Pattynama PMT, Gussenhoven EJ. Gamma radiation induces positive vascular remodeling after balloon angioplasty: a prospective, randomized intravascular ultrasound scan study. J Vasc Surg 2002; 36:318-24. [PMID: 12170197 DOI: 10.1067/mva.2002.124373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Endovascular brachytherapy (EBT) has been shown to prevent restenosis after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTA) in both animal and clinical studies. However, as yet, the effect of EBT on peripheral arteries is unknown. OBJECTIVE This intravascular ultrasound scan (IVUS) study evaluates the effect of EBT on the extent of plaque growth and vascular remodeling after PTA of the femoropopliteal artery. METHODS Twenty-four patients with obstructive disease of the femoropopliteal artery underwent standard PTA. Patients were randomized to receive no additional therapy or additional EBT (192-Iridium) after PTA. IVUS investigation was performed after PTA and at 6-month follow-up. A comparison was made between patients without EBT (n = 16) and with EBT (n = 8) in the change in lumen, vessel, and plaque area and plaque dissections seen with IVUS at 6-month follow-up. RESULTS At follow-up, IVUS revealed a significant difference in lumen area change between patients without and with EBT (-9% and +23%, respectively; P =.03). This difference was the result of a significant difference in vessel area change (+2% and +19%, respectively; P =.05). In both groups of patients, a similar increase in plaque area (+12% and +16%, respectively; P =.80) was encountered. Plaque dissections encountered immediately after PTA were absent at follow-up in patients without EBT, whereas in four of the eight patients with EBT, a persistent dissection was encountered. CONCLUSION This randomized IVUS study showed that gamma-radiation after PTA has a positive effect on lumen dimensions at 6-month follow-up by inducing positive vascular remodeling (ie, vascular dilatation); gamma-radiation seemed not to affect plaque growth. In addition, gamma-radiation has an effect on the healing process of dissections after PTA.
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- T Hagenaars
- Department of Experimental Echocardiography, Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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Hagenaars T, Gussenhoven EJ, Smeets L, Moll FL, Buth J, Nevelsteen A, van Dijk LC, van Sambeek MRHM, van Urk H. Midterm follow-up of balloon-expandable ePTFE endografts in the femoropopliteal segment. J Endovasc Ther 2002; 9:428-35. [PMID: 12223002 DOI: 10.1177/152660280200900408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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PURPOSE To evaluate the midterm clinical outcome of patients treated with a balloon-expandable polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) endograft for long-segment occlusive disease of the femoropopliteal segment. METHODS Eighty-nine patients (68 men; median age 69 years, range 43-81) with disabling claudication (n=73) or critical ischemia (n=16) were treated with an ePTFE endograft (mean length 29 cm) for 7 stenosis (mean length 9 cm) and 82 occlusions (mean length 19 cm) in the femoropopliteal segment. The follow-up protocol included Doppler ankle-brachial pressure measurement and duplex scanning or angiography of the endograft at 6-month intervals. Primary and secondary patency rates were analyzed. RESULTS At the last examination, the endograft was patent in 52 patients (median 17 months, range 7-50) and occluded in 35 (median 7 months, range 0-40); 2 patients died of nonvascular causes with a patent endograft at 6.5 and 7 months. At follow-up, the primary and secondary endograft patency rates were 71% and 83% at 6 months, 57% and 69% at 1 year, 45% and 49% at 2 years, and 30% and 44% at 3 years, respectively. CONCLUSIONS The midterm success of this new ePTFE endograft is limited; therefore, the device needs to be refined if this minimally invasive technique is to compete with conventional bypass surgery.
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- Tjebbe Hagenaars
- Department of Experimental Echocardiography, Erasmus Medical Center and the Interuniversity Cardiology Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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Hagenaars T, Gussenhoven EJ, Smeets L, Moll FL, Buth J, Nevelsteen A, van Dijk LC, van Sambeek MRHM, van Urk H. Midterm Follow-up of Balloon-Expandable ePTFE Endografts in the Femoropopliteal Segment. J Endovasc Ther 2002. [DOI: 10.1583/1545-1550(2002)009<0428:mfuobe>2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Gill-Leertouwer TC, Gussenhoven EJ, Bosch JL, Deinum J, van Overhagen H, Derkx FHM, Pattynama PMT. Predictors for Clinical Success at One Year Following Renal Artery Stent Placement. J Endovasc Ther 2002. [DOI: 10.1583/1545-1550(2002)009<0495:pfcsao>2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Gill-Leertouwer TC, Gussenhoven EJ, Bosch JL, Deinum J, van Overhagen H, Derkx FHM, Pattynama PMT. Predictors for clinical success at one year following renal artery stent placement. J Endovasc Ther 2002; 9:495-502. [PMID: 12223011 DOI: 10.1177/152660280200900419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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PURPOSE To determine pretreatment variables that may predict 1-year clinical outcome of stent placement for renal artery stenosis. METHODS In a prospective study, 40 consecutive patients (29 men; mean age 60 +/- 9.1 years) with angiographically proven atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis were treated with stent placement because of drug resistant hypertension (n=14), renal function impairment (n=14), or both (n=12). Clinical success at 1 year was defined as a decrease of diastolic blood pressure > or = 10 mmHg or a decrease in serum creatinine > or = 20%, depending on the indication for treatment. Regression analysis was performed using anatomical parameters from angiography and intravascular ultrasound, estimates of renal blood flow from renal scintigraphy, and single-kidney renal function measurements. RESULTS Patients treated for hypertension had better outcome than those treated for renal function impairment, with clinical success rates of 85% and 35%, respectively. Preserved renal function, with low serum creatinine and high 2-kidney glomerular filtration rate at baseline, was associated with clinical success in the entire patient group at follow-up (p=0.02 and p=0.03, respectively). An elevated vein-to-artery renin ratio on the affected side was borderline predictive (p=0.06). In patients treated for renal impairment, lateralization to the affected kidney (affected kidney-to-2-kidney count ratio < or = 0.45) on the scintigram emerged as a significant predictor for clinical success, with an odds ratio of 15 (p=0.048). CONCLUSIONS Clinical success of renal artery stent placement is better for the treatment of hypertension than for preserving renal function. In patients with renal function impairment, lateralization to the affected kidney on the scintigram appears to be a predictor of clinical success.
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Kraaij R, van Weerden WM, de Ridder CMA, Gussenhoven EJ, Honkoop J, Nasu Y, Bangma CH. Validation of transrectal ultrasonographic volumetry for orthotopic prostate tumours in mice. Lab Anim 2002; 36:165-72. [PMID: 11943081 DOI: 10.1258/0023677021912451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Orthotopic human prostate tumour models in athymic nude mice are regarded as being most suitable for fundamental and pre-clinical research on prostate cancer. The anatomic localization of the tumour in the pelvis, however, provides little possibility for monitoring tumour growth or regression. To assess time-related changes in orthotopic tumour volume, we applied transrectal ultrasonography (TRUS) to the murine prostate. This technique has the advantages of allowing accurate monitoring of tumours during therapeutic manipulations and a reduction of animal use due to a reduction of sacrificing endpoints. To validate the TRUS method, the mouse prostate reconstitution model, RM-9, and the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) producing human prostate cancer xenograft PC-346 were used. Volumetric calliper measurements were performed with a 30 MHz ultrasound probe designed for intra-arterial use in humans. Tumour weight, determined at various time-points, was found to be closely related to actual tumour weight (R = 0.99) and, in the PC-346 model, to the level of PSA in the plasma. Furthermore, the interobserver variation for TRUS was low for tumours above 50 mg. Thus, TRUS for murine prostate tumours proves to be an accurate, reproducible and sensitive method.
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- R Kraaij
- Department of Urology, Section of Oncologic Urology, Josephine Nefkens Institute, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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Hagenaars T, Gussenhoven EJ, Poldermans D, van Urk H, van der Lugt A. Rationale and design for the SARIS trial; effect of statin on atherosclerosis and vascular remodeling assessed with intravascular sonography. Effect of Statin on Atherosclerosis and vascular Remodeling assessed with Intravascular Sonography. Cardiovasc Drugs Ther 2001; 15:339-43. [PMID: 11800418 DOI: 10.1023/a:1012762715944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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PURPOSE The SARIS study (effect of Statin on Atherosclerosis and vascular Remodeling assessed with Intravascular Sonography) is a prospective randomized multicenter trial designed to assess both morphological and functional cardiovascular effects of atorvastatin. METHODS Participating centers will include 50 patients with normal to mildly elevated cholesterol levels eligible for balloon angioplasty and/or stent placement of the common iliac artery. Patients will be randomized to 1-year treatment with either low-dose (10 mg) or high-dose (80 mg) atorvastatin. The morphological effects of atorvastatin will be studied using intravascular ultrasound (IVUS); the effect of atorvastatin on both plaque volume and vascular remodeling seen at 1-year follow-up will be investigated. The functional cardiovascular effects of atorvastatin will be studied using dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE); the effect of atorvastatin on myocardial coronary flow reserve at 6-months and 1-year follow-up will be investigated. The aims of the present study are noteworthy in respect that (1) IVUS is the only available technique to sensitively measure the effect of atorvastatin on both intimal hyperplasia and vascular remodeling, and (2) DSE is a non-invasive test to objectively quantify the effect of atorvastatin on the functionality of the coronary artery.
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- T Hagenaars
- Department of Experimental Echocardiography, Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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Hagenaars T, Gussenhoven EJ, Athanassopoulos P, Pattynama PM, van Sambeek MR. Intravascular ultrasound evidence for stabilization of compensatory enlargement of the femoropopliteal segment after endograft placement. J Endovasc Ther 2001; 8:308-14. [PMID: 11491266 DOI: 10.1177/152660280100800311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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PURPOSE To document whether the vasodilatory response seen at the anastomotic segment 6 months after placement of a balloon-expandable endograft in the femoropopliteal segment progresses between 6 and 24 months. METHODS Twelve patients (9 men; median age 65 years, range 47-75) treated with an investigational polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) endograft for obstructive disease of the femoropopliteal segment were studied with intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) immediately after placement and at 6 months (first follow-up period) and 24 months (second follow-up period). Matched IVUS cross sections derived from the endograft and the anastomotic segment were analyzed for changes in lumen (LA), vessel (VA), and plaque areas (PLA). RESULTS Five patients had complete IVUS surveillance at both the first (mean 8 months, range 7-9) and second (mean 25 months, range 23-26) follow-up periods; 1 patient was lost to follow-up during the second interval, and another 6 were excluded owing to graft occlusion (n = 4) or no IVUS surveillance available (n = 2) during the second follow-up period. Matched IVUS cross sections derived from the endograft showed no significant change in LA during both follow-up periods (-8% and +1%, respectively). There was no evidence for intimal hyperplasia or endograft recoil. During both follow-up periods, IVUS cross sections derived from the anastomotic segment revealed significant increases in LA (+37% and +8%, respectively) and VA (+26% and +6%, respectively) (both p < 0.05). The change in PLA during both follow-up periods was not significant (+13% and +3%, respectively). CONCLUSIONS The PTFE endograft seems to inhibit both intimal hyperplasia and constrictive remodeling. The short-term (6-month) vascular dilatory response seen at the anastomotic segment tends to stabilize at 2 years. Therefore, this endovascular anastomosis acts as an "ideal" end-to-end anastomosis.
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- T Hagenaars
- Department of Experimental Echocardiography, Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Hagenaars T, Gussenhoven EJ, Athanassopoulos P, Pattynama PMT, van Sambeek MRHM. Intravascular Ultrasound Evidence for Stabilization of Compensatory Enlargement of the Femoropopliteal Segment After Endograft Placement. J Endovasc Ther 2001. [DOI: 10.1583/1545-1550(2001)008<0308:iuefso>2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Frietman P, Coddens J, Gussenhoven EJ, Demeyer I, Deloof T. Hemodynamic instability after parachute-jumping trauma: role of transesophageal echocardiography. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2001; 15:77-80. [PMID: 11254845 DOI: 10.1053/jcan.2001.20279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- P Frietman
- Department of Anesthesia, Onze Lieve Vrouw Hospital, Aalst, Belgium
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Hagenaars T, Gussenhoven EJ, Kranendonk SE, Blankensteijn JD, Honkoop J, van der Linden E, van der Lugt A. Early experience with intravascular ultrasound in evaluating the effect of statins on femoropopliteal arterial disease: hypothesis-generating observations in humans. Cardiovasc Drugs Ther 2000; 14:635-41. [PMID: 11300364 DOI: 10.1023/a:1007819015583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The purpose of this study was to compare the vascular response seen with intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) at 1-year follow-up between statin-treated and non-statin-treated patients. Patients (n = 10) undergoing percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) of the femoropopliteal artery were studied with IVUS immediately after PTA and at 1-year follow-up. In nondilated matched vascular segments, the change in lumen, vessel, and plaque volume was assessed. In balloon-dilated matched vascular segments, the change in lumen, vessel, and plaque area was assessed. A comparison was made between statintreated (n = 5) and non-statin-treated patients (n = 5) in lumen, vessel, and plaque changes. At follow-up, both statin-treated and non-statin-treated patients showed a similar increase in plaque volume at the nondilated segment (+4% and +2%, respectively). In statin-treated patients the plaque volume increase was compensated by an increase in vessel volume (+2%), resulting in an increase in lumen volume (+1%). In non-statin-treated patients, on the other hand, the increase in plaque volume was associated with a decrease in vessel volume (-2%), resulting in a decrease in lumen volume (-4%). At the balloon-dilated segment a similar trend in changes of lumen, vessel, and plaque was encountered. Differences between both groups of patients were not statistically significant. Despite the nonsignificant nature of the observation, this small retrospective IVUS study may generate the hypothesis that statin therapy may contribute to superior long-term lumen dimensions by inducing positive vascular remodeling both in nondilated and balloon-dilated vascular segments.
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- T Hagenaars
- Department of Cardiology, Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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van Essen JA, Gussenhoven EJ, Blankensteijn JD, Honkoop J, van Dijk LC, van Sambeek MR, van der Lugt A. Three-dimensional intravascular ultrasound assessment of abdominal aortic aneurysm necks. J Endovasc Ther 2000; 7:380-8. [PMID: 11032256 DOI: 10.1177/152660280000700505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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PURPOSE To document the accuracy of an automated analysis system for measuring lumen diameter and neck lengths of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) from intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) images and to describe additional features associated with 3-dimensional (3D) IVUS imaging. METHODS Twenty-two aortic aneurysms were studied with IVUS. Lumen diameters obtained using the automated analysis system were compared with manual measurements from axial IVUS scans, as were neck lengths obtained using automated analysis versus those measured with the aid of a displacement sensing device. Automated analyses were repeated by a second observer. Agreement was expressed as the coefficient of variation (CV). RESULTS Twenty proximal aortic, 6 distal aortic, and 3 iliac necks were available for analysis. Comparison between automated analysis and manual measurements for lumen diameter revealed a difference of 0.45 +/- 0.42 mm (mean +/- SD, Pearson's r = 0.99, p < 0.001, CV = 2.1%) and a difference of 0.05 +/- 0.12 cm (r = 0.99, p = 0.04, CV = 4.1%) for neck length. Interobserver difference for lumen diameter was 0.13 +/- 0.66 mm (r = 0.99, p < 0.001, CV = 3.4%) and 0.05 +/- 0.11 cm for length measurements (r = 0.99, p = 0.02, CV = 3.5%). The 3D IVUS imaging facilitated the identification of neck configuration. CONCLUSIONS Automated analysis of IVUS images allows accurate measurement of the lumen diameter of proximal and distal AAA necks and gives length measurements comparable to those of manual analysis. Longitudinal display of IVUS images aids in the elucidation of neck anatomy.
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- J A van Essen
- Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Rotterdam-Dijkzigt and the Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Hagenaars T, Gussenhoven EJ, van Sambeek MR, Jukema JW, Kranendonk SE, Bom N. Effect of simvastatin on restenosis after percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of femoropopliteal arterial obstruction. Am J Cardiol 2000; 86:774-6, A6. [PMID: 11018199 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(00)01079-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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This retrospective observational intravascular ultrasound study evaluated whether simvastatin therapy limits lumen area reduction 1-year after percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) by reducing reactive plaque growth, reducing reactive vasoconstriction, or both. This study showed that plaque growth is a general response 1 year after PTA regardless of the use of simvastatin; simvastatin has the potential to induce positive vascular remodeling, thereby reducing the occurrence of restenosis.
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- T Hagenaars
- Department of Cardiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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van Essen JA, Gussenhoven EJ, Blankensteijn JD, Honkoop J, van Dijk LC, van Sambeek MRHM, van der Lugt A. Three-Dimensional Intravascular Ultrasound Assessment of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Necks. J Endovasc Ther 2000. [DOI: 10.1583/1545-1550(2000)007<0380:tdiuao>2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Hagenaars T, Gussenhoven EJ, van der Linden E, Bom N. Reproducibility of calcified lesion quantification: a longitudinal intravascular ultrasound study. Ultrasound Med Biol 2000; 26:1075-1079. [PMID: 11053741 DOI: 10.1016/s0301-5629(00)00246-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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In view of a prospective intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) study, the reproducibility of the extent of the calcified lesion in IVUS images derived from separate pull-back maneuvers was assessed. Patients (n = 34) were imaged with IVUS before and after percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) and at 1-y follow-up. In the presence of a calcified lesion, the largest arc and the length of the matched calcified lesions was assessed. Interobserver differences in arc measurements were low (< or = 0.7%), with low coefficients of variation (< or = 5.8%). Similarly, interexamination differences in arc and length measurements were small (< or = 1.1%), with low coefficients of variation (< or = 3.2%). At follow-up, a nonsignificant increase in both the arc (1.9%) and length (1.7%) of the calcified lesion was observed. This study showed that measurements of the calcified lesion are highly reproducible; changes seen at 1-y follow-up were not significant. We conclude that IVUS may be used to monitor the effect of medical intervention on the extent of the calcified lesion in a longitudinal study.
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- T Hagenaars
- Department of Cardiology, Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Leertouwer TC, Gussenhoven EJ, Bosch JL, van Jaarsveld BC, van Dijk LC, Deinum J, Man In 't Veld AJ. Stent placement for renal arterial stenosis: where do we stand? A meta-analysis. Radiology 2000; 216:78-85. [PMID: 10887230 DOI: 10.1148/radiology.216.1.r00jl0778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 310] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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PURPOSE To perform a meta-analysis of renal arterial stent placement in comparison with renal percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) in patients with renal arterial stenosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS Studies dealing with renal arterial stent placement (14 articles; 678 patients) and renal PTA (10 articles; 644 patients) published up to August 1998 were selected. A random-effects model was used to pool the data. RESULTS Renal arterial stent placement proved highly successful, with an initial adequate performance in 98% and major complications in 11%. The overall cure rate for hypertension was 20%, whereas hypertension was improved in 49%. Renal function improved in 30% and stabilized in 38% of patients. The restenosis rate at follow-up of 6-29 months was 17%. Stent placement had a higher technical success rate and a lower restenosis rate than did renal PTA (98% vs 77% and 17% vs 26%, respectively; P <.001). The complication rate was not different between the two treatments. The cure rate for hypertension was higher and the improvement rate for renal function was lower after stent placement than after renal PTA (20% vs 10% and 30% vs 38%, respectively; P <.001). CONCLUSION Renal arterial stent placement is technically superior and clinically comparable to renal PTA alone.
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- T C Leertouwer
- Department of Radiology, Erasmus University Rotterdam (Ee 2312), The Netherlands.
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van Sambeek MR, Hagenaars T, Gussenhoven EJ, Leertouwer TC, van der Lugt A, Hoedt MT, van Urk H. Vascular response in the femoropopliteal segment after implantation of an ePTFE balloon-expandable endovascular graft: an intravascular ultrasound study. J Endovasc Ther 2000; 7:204-12. [PMID: 10883958 DOI: 10.1177/152660280000700307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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PURPOSE To use intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) to document changes in vascular dimensions after placement of a balloon-expandable endograft. METHODS Thirteen patients (9 men; mean age 62 years, range 47-75) treated with an investigational polytetrafluoroethylene endograft for obstructive disease of the femoropopliteal segment were studied with IVUS immediately after endograft implantation and at follow-up. Corresponding IVUS cross sections were analyzed for changes in lumen, vessel, and plaque areas seen inside the endograft, in the anastomotic segment, and in the remote arterial segment. RESULTS A mean 6-month (range 1.5-9) follow-up was completed in 12 patients. Matched IVUS cross sections derived from within the endograft (n = 12) and at the endograft edges (n = 23) showed no change in lumen area (LA) in 17, reduction in 11, and dilatation in 7. Median changes within the endograft (+3%) were not significant (p = 0.28) and no neointima was found. Cross sections obtained at the anastomotic segment revealed a significant increase in LA (85%, p < 0.001), which was associated with a significant increase in both vessel area (VA) (42%, p < 0.001) and plaque area (PLA) (15%, p = 0.003) area. In the remote arterial segment, the change in LA was minimal (6%, p = 0.07), as were changes in the VA (9%, p = 0.04) and PLA (10%, p = 0.07). CONCLUSIONS Following endograft placement, luminal changes within the endograft, at the endograft edges, and at the remote arterial segments were minimal. Intimal hyperplasia was not observed in the endograft. The distinct LA increase at the anastomotic segments was determined by the extent of VA and PLA change.
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- M R van Sambeek
- Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital, Rotterdam-Dijkzigt and Erasmus University, The Netherlands.
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van Sambeek MRHM, Hagenaars T, Gussenhoven EJ, Leertouwer TC, van der Lugt A, Hoedt MTC, van Urk H. Vascular Response in the Femoropopliteal Segment After Implantation of an ePTFE Balloon-Expandable Endovascular Graft: An Intravascular Ultrasound Study. J Endovasc Ther 2000. [DOI: 10.1583/1545-1550(2000)007<0204:vritfs>2.3.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Hagenaars T, Gussenhoven EJ, van Essen JA, Seelen J, Honkoop J, van der Lugt A. Reproducibility of volumetric quantification in intravascular ultrasound images. Ultrasound Med Biol 2000; 26:367-374. [PMID: 10773366 DOI: 10.1016/s0301-5629(99)00141-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The reproducibility of volume measurements in intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) images derived from separate pull-back manoeuvres remains to be elucidated. Patients (n = 23) were imaged with IVUS prior to (first series) and following percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) (second series). In 15 patients, one matched vascular segment (3-4 cm in length), not subjected to PTA, was used for analysis of lumen, vessel and plaque volume using an automated contour analysis system. Volume measurements assessed by two independent observers and in the two separate series were compared. Interobserver differences in volume measurements were small (< or =0.4%), with low coefficients of variation (< or =1.7%) and high correlation coefficients (r = 1.00). Differences in volume measurements obtained in the two separate series were small (< or =2.6%), with low coefficients of variation (< or = 8.6%) and high correlation coefficients (r = 0.97-0.99). In conclusion, volume measurements derived from IVUS images are highly reproducible. Therefore, IVUS may be used to monitor the progression/regression of atherosclerotic plaque volume in a longitudinal study.
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- T Hagenaars
- Department of Cardiology, Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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Hagenaars T, Gussenhoven EJ, Kranendonk SE, Gerritsen GP, Seelen J, Honkoop J, van der Lugt A. Progression of atherosclerosis at one-year follow-up seen with volumetric intravascular ultrasound in femoropopliteal arteries. Am J Cardiol 2000; 85:226-31. [PMID: 10955382 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(99)00639-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Volume measurements derived from intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) images assessed with an automated contour analysis system are accurate and reproducible. However, it is unknown to what extent plaque volume may change at follow-up. Therefore, the purpose of this longitudinal study is to examine whether IVUS is a sensitive means to identify progression of atherosclerosis and its derived primary end point plaque volume at 1-year follow-up. Patients (n = 11) undergoing percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) of the femoropopliteal artery were studied with IVUS immediately after PTA in the same session and at 1-year follow-up. Matched, well-identified vascular segments (3 to 4 cm in length), not subjected to PTA, imaged at baseline and after 1-year follow-up, were used for calculation of the longitudinal change in lumen, vessel and plaque volume, and mean plaque thickness. The median length of the selected vascular segments was 4 cm. At follow-up (12+/-2 months) a nonsignificant increase in lumen volume (2.3+/-11%), vessel volume (2.0+/-7.0%), and plaque volume (3.0+/-5.1%) was seen; the mean plaque thickness increase was 2.2+/-5.6%. In conclusion, progression of atherosclerosis implies changes in plaque and vessel volume, resulting in lumen volume change. This observation has important implications for future clinical trials aimed at monitoring the effect of pharmacologic agents on the progression and/or regression of atherosclerosis.
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- T Hagenaars
- Department of Cardiology, Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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van Sambeek MR, Gussenhoven EJ. Practical application of intravascular ultrasound in endovascular interventions. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 1999; 18:463-5. [PMID: 10637139 DOI: 10.1053/ejvs.1999.0910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Leertouwer TC, Gussenhoven EJ, van Lankeren W, van Overhagen H. Response of renal and femoropopliteal arteries to Palmaz stent implantation assessed with intravascular ultrasound. J Endovasc Surg 1999; 6:359-64. [PMID: 10893140 DOI: 10.1583/1074-6218(1999)006<0359:rorafa>2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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PURPOSE To establish the processes responsible for late lumen loss in renal and femoropopliteal Palmaz stents using intravascular ultrasound (IVUS). METHODS The first 7 consecutive patients treated with stents for renal (n = 4) and femoropopliteal (n = 3) arterial occlusive disease were studied with IVUS immediately after angiographically successful stent placement (< 10% residual stenosis) and periodically during follow-up. Images of both stent edges and the most stenotic site inside the stent at followup were matched to the same cross sections captured immediately after stent placement for quantitative analysis. RESULTS Late lumen loss in renal artery stents at 5 to 34 months was considerably less than in femoropopliteal stents (17% versus 62%, respectively). In the renal location, late lumen loss (3.0 +/- 1.3 mm2) was due to neointimal hyperplasia, whereas stent area remained unchanged (3% decrease). Late lumen loss (7.4 +/- 8.2 mm2) in femoropopliteal stents was due to neointimal hyperplasia and stent area reduction (26%). Overall, in both types of arteries, neointimal development and stent area reduction were larger at the most stenotic site than at the stent edges. CONCLUSIONS These data suggest that there may be differences between renal and femoropopliteal arteries in the extent of hyperplastic response to stents.
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- T C Leertouwer
- Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam and ICIN, The Netherlands.
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Leertouwer TC, Gussenhoven EJ, van Dijk LC, van Essen JA, Honkoop J, Deinum J, Pattynama PM. Intravascular ultrasound evidence for coarctation causing symptomatic renal artery stenosis. Circulation 1999; 99:2976-8. [PMID: 10368112 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.99.23.2976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND A recent study of human cadaveric renal arteries revealed that renal artery narrowing could be due not only to atherosclerotic plaque compensated for by adaptive remodeling, but also to hitherto undescribed focal narrowing of an otherwise normal renal arterial wall (ie, coarctation). The present study investigated whether vessel coarctation could be identified in patients with symptomatic renal artery stenosis (RAS). METHODS AND RESULTS Consecutive symptomatic patients with angiographically proven atherosclerotic RAS who were referred for stent placement were studied by 30-MHz intravascular ultrasound before intervention (n=18) or after predilatation (n=18). Analysis included assessment of the media-bounded area and plaque area (PLA) at the most stenotic site and at a distal reference site (most distal cross-section in the main renal artery with normal appearance). Coarctation was considered present whenever the target/reference media-bounded area was </=85%. Before intervention, coarctation was observed in 9 of 18 patients and adaptive remodeling in 9 of 18 patients. Coarctation lesions had a significantly smaller PLA than adaptive remodeled lesions (P=0.001). Similarly, despite predilatation, coarctation was seen in 8 of 18 patients who had significantly smaller PLAs (P=0. 008) when compared with those patients who had adaptive remodeled lesions. No differences in severity of RAS or angiographic or clinical parameters were observed. CONCLUSIONS Low-plaque coarctation may cause a considerable proportion of symptomatic RAS, which is angiographically and clinically indistinguishable from plaque-rich RAS.
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- T C Leertouwer
- Department of Radiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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van Sambeek MR, Gussenhoven EJ, van der Lugt A, Honkoop J, du Bois NA, van Urk H. Endovascular stent-grafts for aneurysms of the femoral and popliteal arteries. Ann Vasc Surg 1999; 13:247-53. [PMID: 10347256 DOI: 10.1007/s100169900253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Our objective was to investigate the preliminary use of endovascular stent-grafts for the treatment of femoropopliteal artery aneurysm. Ten patients with an aneurysm of the femoropopliteal artery referred for endovascular treatment were investigated. The series consisted of patients with a true aneurysm of the superficial femoral artery (n = 2); a true aneurysm of the popliteal artery (n = 4); an aneurysmal dilatation of a Biograft bypass (n = 2); a false aneurysm of the superficial femoral aneurysm (n = 1); and a false aneurysm of a composite bypass (n = 1). In 8 of the 10 patients the stent-graft was composed of one or more Palmaz stents sutured to an ePTFE tube graft; in the other 2 patients a venous covering was used in combination with Palmaz stents. The procedure was guided by angiography and intravascular ultrasound. The results of our investigation showed that endovascular stent-grafting of aneurysms of the femoropopliteal artery is a feasible but experimental technique that should be restricted to a selected group of patients.
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- M R van Sambeek
- Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Rotterdam-Dijkzigt, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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van Essen JA, Gussenhoven EJ, van der Lugt A, Huijsman PC, van Muiswinkel JM, van Sambeek MR, van Dijk LC, van Urk H. Accurate assessment of abdominal aortic aneurysm with intravascular ultrasound scanning: validation with computed tomographic angiography. J Vasc Surg 1999; 29:631-8. [PMID: 10194490 DOI: 10.1016/s0741-5214(99)70308-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to assess the accuracy of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) parameters of abdominal aortic aneurysm, used for endovascular grafting, in comparison with computed tomographic angiography (CTA). METHODS This study was designed as a descriptive study. Between March 1997 and March 1998, 16 patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms were studied with angiography, IVUS (12.5 MHz), and CTA. The length of the aneurysm and the length and lumen diameter of the proximal and distal neck obtained with IVUS were compared with the data obtained with CTA. The measurements with IVUS were repeated by a second observer to assess the reproducibility. Tomographic IVUS images were reconstructed into a longitudinal format. RESULTS IVUS results identified 31 of 32 renal arteries and four of five accessory renal arteries. A comparison of the length measurements of the aneurysm and the proximal and distal neck obtained with IVUS and CTA revealed a correlation of 0.99 (P <.001), with a coefficient of variation of 9%. IVUS results tended to underestimate the length as compared with the CTA results (0.48 +/- 0.52 cm; P <.001). A comparison of the lumen diameter measurements of the proximal and distal neck derived from IVUS and CTA showed a correlation of 0.93 (P <.001), with a coefficient of variation of 9%. IVUS results tended to underestimate aneurysm neck diameter as compared with CTA results (0.68 +/- 1.76 mm; P =.006). Interobserver agreement of IVUS length and diameter measurements showed a good correlation (r = 1.0; P <.001), with coefficients of variation of 3% and 2%, respectively, and no significant differences (0.0 +/- 0.16 cm and 0.06 +/- 0.36 mm, respectively). The longitudinal IVUS images displayed the important vascular structures and improved the spatial insight in aneurysmal anatomy. CONCLUSION Intravascular ultrasound scanning results provided accurate and reproducible measurements of abdominal aortic aneurysm. The longitudinal reconstruction of IVUS images provided additional knowledge on the anatomy of the aneurysm and its proximal and distal neck.
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- J A van Essen
- Departments of Cardiology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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van Lankeren W, Gussenhoven EJ, Honkoop J, Stijnen T, van Overhagen H, Wittens CH, Kranendonk SE, van Sambeek MR, van der Lugt A. Plaque area increase and vascular remodeling contribute to lumen area change after percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of the femoropopliteal artery: an intravascular ultrasound study. J Vasc Surg 1999; 29:430-41. [PMID: 10069907 DOI: 10.1016/s0741-5214(99)70271-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to assess the change in lumen area (LA), plaque area (PLA), and vessel area (VA) after percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) of the femoropopliteal artery. METHODS This was a prospective study. Twenty patients were studied with intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) immediately after PTA and at follow-up examination. Multiple corresponding IVUS cross-sections were analyzed at the segments that were dilated by PTA (ie, treated sites; n = 168), including the most stenotic site (n = 20) and the nondilated segments (ie, reference sites; n = 77). RESULTS At follow-up examination, both the PLA increase (13%) and the VA decrease (9%) resulted in a significant LA decrease (43%) at the most stenotic sites (P =.001). At the treated sites, the LA decrease (15%) was smaller and was caused by the PLA increase (15%). At the reference sites, the PLA increase (15%) and the VA increase (6%) resulted in a slight LA decrease (3%). An analysis of the IVUS cross-sections that were grouped according to LA change (difference >/=10%) revealed a similar PLA increase in all the groups: the type of vascular remodeling (VA decrease, no change, or increase) determined the LA change. At the treated sites, the LA change and the VA change correlated closely (r = 0.77, P <.001). At the treated sites, significantly more PLA increase was seen in the IVUS cross-sections that showed hard lesion or media rupture (P <.05). No relationship was found between the presence of dissection and the quantitative changes. CONCLUSION At the most stenotic sites, lumen narrowing was caused by plaque increase and vessel shrinkage. Both the treated sites and the reference sites showed a significant PLA increase: the type of vascular remodeling determined the LA change at follow-up examination. The extent of the PLA increase was significantly larger in the IVUS cross-sections that showed hard lesion or media rupture.
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- W van Lankeren
- University Hospital Rotterdam-Dijkzigt, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Sint Franciscus Gasthuis, The Netherlands
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Kornet L, Jansen JR, Gussenhoven EJ, Hardeman MR, Hoeks AP, Versprille A. Conductance method for the measurement of cross-sectional areas of the aorta. Ann Biomed Eng 1999; 27:141-50. [PMID: 10199690 DOI: 10.1114/1.219] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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A modified conductance method to determine the cross-sectional areas (CSAs) of arteries in piglets was evaluated in vivo. The method utilized a conductance catheter having four electrodes. Between the outer electrodes an alternating current was applied and between the inner electrodes the induced voltage difference was measured and converted into a conductance. CSA was determined from measured conductance minus parallel conductance, which is the conductance of the tissues surrounding the vessel times the length between the measuring electrodes of the conductance catheter divided by the conductivity of blood. The parallel conductance was determined by injecting hypertonic saline to change blood conductivity. The conductivity of blood was calculated from temperature and hematocrit and corrected for maximal deformation and changes in orientation of the erythrocytes under shear stress conditions. The equations to calculate the conductivity of blood were obtained from in vitro experiments. In vivo average aortic CSAs. determined with the conductance method CSA(G) in five piglets, were compared to those determined with the intravascular ultrasound method CSA(IVUS). The regression equation between both values was CSA(G)=-0.09+1.00 x CSA(IVUS), r=0.97, n=53. The mean difference between the values was -0.29%+/-5.57% (2 standard deviations). We conclude that the modified conductance method is a reliable technique to estimate the average cross-sectional areas of the aorta in piglets.
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- L Kornet
- Pathophysiological Laboratory, Department of Pulmonary Diseases, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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Leertouwer TC, Gussenhoven EJ, van Jaarsveld BC, van Overhagen H, Bom N, Man in 't Veld AJ. In-vitro validation, with histology, of intravascular ultrasound in renal arteries. J Hypertens 1999; 17:271-7. [PMID: 10067797 DOI: 10.1097/00004872-199917020-00012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the feasibility of using intravascular ultrasound to characterize normal and diseased renal arteries. MATERIALS AND METHODS Forty-four renal artery specimens from 21 humans, removed at autopsy, were studied with intravascular ultrasound in vitro. From each vascular specimen, two to four sets of corresponding intravascular ultrasound images and histologic sections were subjected to qualitative analysis. The renal arterial wall was considered normal by intravascular ultrasound when the wall thickness (intima and media) was 0.5 mm or less. On intravascular ultrasound imaging, a distinction was made between bright lesions with or without peripheral shadowing (i.e. calcification). Histological sections were examined and fibromuscular lesions were scored with or without calcifications. Quantitative analysis of a multitude of intravascular ultrasound cross-sections (interval 5 mm) included assessment of the lumen area, vessel area, plaque area and percentage area obstructed. The target site (smallest lumen area) was compared with a reference site (largest lumen area before the first major side branch). RESULTS Of the 130 corresponding intravascular ultrasound images and histologic sections analysed, 55 were normal and 75 presented a bright lesion on ultrasound; in 31 lesions, peripheral shadowing was involved. The sensitivity of the intravascular ultrasound in detecting calcifications was 87%, and the specificity was 89%. Lumen area reduction at the target site was associated with vessel and plaque area enlargement in eight specimens, with plaque area enlargement in 12 specimens and with a vessel area reduction in 21 specimens. CONCLUSIONS Intravascular ultrasound is a reliable technique for distinguishing renal arteries with or without a lesion. Both plaque development and local vessel narrowing may result in renal artery stenosis.
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- T C Leertouwer
- Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Rotterdam-Dijkzigt and Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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van Lankeren W, Gussenhoven EJ, Qureshi A, van der Lugt A. Intravascular ultrasound and histology in in vitro assessment of iliac artery angioplasty. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 1999; 22:50-5. [PMID: 9929545 DOI: 10.1007/s002709900328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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PURPOSE Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) was used to assess in vitro the morphologic and quantitative effects of balloon angioplasty (PTA) of the iliac artery. METHODS Forty human iliac arteries (>/= 30% area stenosis) were studied with IVUS in vitro before and after PTA and the findings were validated with histology. RESULTS The sensitivity of IVUS for dissection was 74% and for media rupture 59%. The incidence of vascular damage was higher when the whole segment was analyzed rather than the target site alone. Dissections occurred at the thinnest region of the plaque, unrelated to plaque calcification. Following PTA, quantitative changes at the target site were greater compared with the overall data derived from all cross-sections. The increase in lumen area was caused solely by an increase in vessel area. CONCLUSIONS IVUS is sensitive in detecting dissections, which occurred irrespective of calcification at the thinnest region of the plaque. The increase in lumen area after PTA was caused by stretching of the vessel.
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- W van Lankeren
- Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Rotterdam-Dijkzigt, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Ee 2312, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Leertouwer TC, Gussenhoven EJ, van Overhagen H, Man in 't Veld AJ, van Jaarsveld BC. Stent placement for treatment of renal artery stenosis guided by intravascular ultrasound. J Vasc Interv Radiol 1998; 9:945-52. [PMID: 9840039 DOI: 10.1016/s1051-0443(98)70428-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To study the impact of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) during renal artery stent placement. MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients (n = 22) with atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis were studied with IVUS after predilation and after angiographically successful stent deployment (diameter stenosis < 10%). After predilation, IVUS was used to assess whether the balloon size selected angiographically was correct (discrepancy balloon-reference lumen diameter < 20%). After stent placement, IVUS images were assessed for (i) complete stent-vessel wall apposition; (ii) complete stent expansion (discrepancy stent-reference lumen diameter < 20%), and (iii) complete lesion covering by the stent. Modification based on IVUS included selection of a larger balloon, additional dilation, and placement of a second stent. Clinical outcome was based on blood pressure, amount of antihypertensive drugs, and glomerular filtration rate during follow-up of 3 months. RESULTS Stent placement and ultrasound imaging were completed successfully in 18 patients. After predilation, IVUS warranted the use of a larger balloon in five patients. After stent placement, incomplete stent apposition (n = 1), discrepancy between stent and reference lumen diameter (n = 3), and lesion distal to the stent (n = 2) seen on IVUS were treated with additional dilation in five patients and with a second stent in one patient. A larger balloon was used in three patients. Mean blood pressure and amount of antihypertensive drugs decreased (P < .05). CONCLUSIONS In a number of patients, IVUS monitoring during renal artery stent placement resulted in additional lumen enlargement not considered necessary at angiography.
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- T C Leertouwer
- Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Rotterdam-Dijkzigt and Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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van Lankeren W, Gussenhoven EJ, Pieterman H, van Sambeek MR, van der Lugt A. Comparison of angiography and intravascular ultrasound before and after balloon angioplasty of the femoropopliteal artery. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 1998; 21:367-74. [PMID: 9853141 DOI: 10.1007/s002709900282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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PURPOSE To compare angiographic and intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) data before and after balloon angioplasty (PTA) of the femoropopliteal artery. METHODS Qualitative and quantitative analyses were performed on corresponding angiographic and IVUS levels obtained from 135 patients. RESULTS IVUS detected more lesions, calcified lesions, and vascular damage than angiography. Sensitivity of angiography was good for the presence of a lesion (84%), moderate for eccentric lesions (53%) and for vascular damage (52%), and poor for calcified lesions (30%). The increase in angiographic diameter stenosis was associated with a decrease in lumen area and increase in percentage area stenosis on IVUS. CONCLUSIONS Angiography is less sensitive than IVUS for detecting lesion eccentricity, calcified lesions, and vascular damage. Presence of a lesion and amount of plaque were underestimated angiographically. Only before PTA was good agreement found between angiographic diameter stenosis and lumen size on IVUS.
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- W van Lankeren
- Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Rotterdam-Dijkzigt, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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van der Lugt A, Gussenhoven EJ, Pasterkamp G, Stijnen T, Reekers JA, van den Berg FG, Tielbeek AV, Seelen JL, Pieterman H. Intravascular ultrasound predictors of restenosis after balloon angioplasty of the femoropopliteal artery. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 1998; 16:110-9. [PMID: 9728429 DOI: 10.1016/s1078-5884(98)80151-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To determine intravascular ultrasound parameters related to restenosis following percutaneous transluminal balloon angioplasty (PTA) of the femoropopliteal artery. DESIGN Prospective study. MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients were studies with intravascular ultrasound before and after angiographic successful PTA (n = 114). Intravascular ultrasound cross-sections obtained with 1 cm interval in the dilated segment were analysed. A distinction was made between anatomic (duplex scanning) and clinical (Rutherford criteria) restenosis assessed within 1 month and at 6 months after PTA. RESULTS Intravascular ultrasound predictors of 1 month anatomic outcome were lumen area stenosis after PTA, lumen area increase, plaque area decrease, and area stenosis decrease; predictor of 6 months anatomic outcome was area stenosis after PTA. Multivariate analysis revealed that area stenosis after PTA was the only independent predictor of both 1 and 6 months anatomic outcome. Intravascular ultrasound predictors of 1 month clinical outcome were the presence of hard lesion and the mean arc of hard lesion. Multivariate analysis revealed that the mean arc of hard lesion was the only independent predictor of 1 month clinical outcome. No predictors for 6 months clinical outcome were found. CONCLUSIONS Intravascular ultrasound can elucidate parameters predictive of restonosis after PTA. The strongest intravascular ultrasound parameter predictive of anatomic restenosis was a large area stenosis after PTA.
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- A van der Lugt
- University Hospital Rotterdam-Dijkzigt, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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van Sambeek MR, Gussenhoven EJ, van Overhagen H, Honkoop J, van der Lugt A, du Bois NA, van Urk H. Intravascular ultrasound in endovascular stent-grafts for peripheral aneurysm: a clinical study. J Endovasc Surg 1998; 5:106-12. [PMID: 9633953 DOI: 10.1583/1074-6218(1998)005<0106:iuiesg>2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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PURPOSE To evaluate the potential diagnostic information of intraprocedural intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) in patients undergoing endovascular stent-grafting for peripheral aneurysm. METHODS IVUS was used in 17 patients preprocedurally to measure the diameter of the proximal and distal neck and the length of the aneurysm. Balloon and stent-graft sizes were selected based on these measurements. Following stent-graft deployment, angiography and IVUS were used to document stent apposition and the configuration and diameter of the stent-graft. RESULTS Stent-graft insertion was considered successful in 8 patients based on angiography and IVUS images. In 9 others, both imaging modalities showed inadequate results, necessitating 12 additional procedures: balloon angioplasty for stent-graft stenosis (2) and inadequate stent-graft apposition (1); an additional stent-graft (4); an extra stent (1); thrombectomy (2); and conversion (2) for inadequate stent-graft position and a graft rupture. In these patients, intraprocedural IVUS was superiorto angiography in contributing vital information to aid in the selection of the additional interventions. CONCLUSIONS During management of peripheral aneurysms with endovascular stent-grafts, IVUS monitoring was a useful adjunct when the initial procedure was unsatisfactory and/ or when intraprocedural angiographic studies were inconclusive.
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- M R van Sambeek
- Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospital Rotterdam-Dijkzigt, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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Hartlooper A, van Essen JA, van der Lugt A, van Sambeek MR, van Overhagen H, Gussenhoven EJ. Validation of automated contour analysis of intravascular ultrasound images after vascular intervention. J Vasc Surg 1998; 27:486-91. [PMID: 9546234 DOI: 10.1016/s0741-5214(98)99998-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to determine the feasibility of automated contour analysis of intravascular ultrasound images obtained after vascular intervention. STUDY DESIGN This was a descriptive study. METHODS Intravascular ultrasound images obtained from patients after balloon angioplasty (n = 10), stent (n = 10), or stent graft placement (n = 10) were analyzed. A comparison was made between lumen area measured with an automated and a manual system. The location showing the smallest lumen area derived from the automated system was compared with the smallest lumen area selected by visual estimation. RESULTS Images containing a dissection as a result of balloon angioplasty could not be analyzed by the automated system. The coefficient of variation between the lumen area measurements obtained with the automated system and the manual tracing system of images with a stent (n = 76) or stent graft (n = 79) was 2.7% and 2.1%, respectively. Correlation between the two systems was high (r = 1.00, p < 0.01) both for images containing stents or stent grafts. Minimum lumen area measured with the automated analysis system was smaller than minimum lumen area selected by visual estimation (mean difference 0.8 mm2 (4.9%) for stents and 2.4 mm2 (10.9%) for stent grafts). The location of the smallest lumen area determined with both systems was the same (<1 cm) in 16 cases and differed more than 1 cm in 4 other cases. CONCLUSIONS The automated analysis system shows good agreement with manual contour analysis of lumen area in images with a stent or stent graft and is a reliable tool for determination of the smallest lumen area. The system is not able to analyze an irregular-shaped lumen area caused by a dissection.
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- A Hartlooper
- Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Rotterdam-Dijkzigt and the Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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van Essen JA, van der Lugt A, Gussenhoven EJ, Leertouwer TC, Zondervan P, van Sambeek MR. Intravascular ultrasonography allows accurate assessment of abdominal aortic aneurysm: an in vitro validation study. J Vasc Surg 1998; 27:347-53. [PMID: 9510290 DOI: 10.1016/s0741-5214(98)70366-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to acquire insight into the interpretation of intravascular ultrasound images of the abdominal aorta and to assess to what extent this technique can provide useful parameters for the endovascular treatment of patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm. STUDY DESIGN This was a descriptive study. METHODS Fifteen abdominal aortic specimens (normal, atherosclerotic, or aneurysmal) were studied. Ultrasonic images and corresponding histologic sections were compared for vessel wall characteristics, lesion morphologic characteristics, and lumen diameter. The length of the aneurysm and the length of the proximal and distal neck were measured and compared with external measurements. Tomographic images were reconstructed to a three-dimensional format. RESULTS Normal aortic wall was seen as a two- or three-layered structure corresponding with intima, media, and adventitia. A distinction could be made among fibrous lesion, calcified lesion, and thrombus and between normal and aneurysmal aorta. Correlation between the histologic specimens and intravascular ultrasonography for lumen diameter measurements was high (r = 0.93; p < 0.001). In a similar fashion, correlation between external measurements and intravascular ultrasound measurements on the length of the aneurysm and its proximal and distal neck was high (r = 0.99; p < 0.001). Three-dimensional analysis enhanced interpretation of the tomographic images by visualizing the spatial position of anatomic structures and contributed to understanding the shape and dimensions of the aneurysm. CONCLUSIONS Intravascular ultrasonography provides accurate information on the vessel wall, lesion morphologic characteristics, and quantitative parameters of the abdominal aorta. Spatial information supplied by three-dimensional analysis contributes to a more realistic interpretation of the tomographic images.
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- J A van Essen
- Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Rotterdam-Dijkzigt and the Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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van der Lugt A, Hartlooper A, van Essen JA, Li W, von Birgelen C, Reiber JH, Gussenhoven EJ. Reliability and reproducibility of automated contour analysis in intravascular ultrasound images of femoropopliteal arteries. Ultrasound Med Biol 1998; 24:43-50. [PMID: 9483770 DOI: 10.1016/s0301-5629(97)00238-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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An automated contour analysis system was previously developed to increase reproducibility and facilitate quantitative analyses of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) images. The aim of this study was to compare measurements by this automated system with those obtained by conventional manual tracing, and to determine the intra- and interobserver variability of the automated system. IVUS images obtained in the femoropopliteal artery (n = 12) were analyzed with both systems. Area measurements by the automated system agreed well with the results obtained by manual tracing, displaying low coefficients of variation (8.5 to 15.7%) and high correlation coefficients (r = 0.92 to 0.98). Intra- and interobserver comparison of lumen area, vessel area, plaque area and percentage area stenosis showed low coefficients of variation (6.0 to 15.3% and 5.7 to 14.0%, respectively) and high correlation coefficients (both: r = 0.93 to 0.99). These data indicate that the automated analysis system is a reliable tool for the quantitative assessment of vessel dimensions in IVUS images obtained during clinical examination of peripheral arteries.
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- A van der Lugt
- Department of Radiology, University Hospital Rotterdam-Dijkzigt, The Netherlands
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van Sambeek MR, Qureshi A, van Lankeren W, van der Lugt A, Honkoop J, Gussenhoven EJ. Discrepancy between stent deployment and balloon size used assessed by intravascular ultrasound. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 1998; 15:57-61. [PMID: 9519001 DOI: 10.1016/s1078-5884(98)80073-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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OBJECTIVES This study was designed to assess the discrepancy in stent deployment seen on intravascular ultrasound and its relation to the balloon size selected for stent delivery. DESIGN Prospective study. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study group comprised 27 patients treated using a stent (n = 18) or stent-graft combination (n = 9). Following angiographically optimal stent deployment (< 10% residual stenosis) intravascular ultrasound was used to compare the smallest intra-stent lumen area with measurements at both stent edges and the lumen area of the proximal and distal reference sites. RESULTS In 14 of the 27 stents the intra-stent dimension was the same as the dimension of the stent edge (difference < or = +/- 10%). Of the remaining stents the intra-stent dimension was smaller (difference > 10%) than the proximal stent edge in seven stents (range 11-39%), smaller than the distal stent edge in three stents (range 11-20%) and smaller than both stent edges in three stents (range 12-37%). Both in patients treated with a stent or stent-graft combination, the resulting smallest intra-stent lumen area was smaller than the balloon size used (mean difference 32% and 42%, respectively) and smaller than the mean lumen area of the reference sites (mean difference 25% and 23%, respectively). CONCLUSION This intravascular ultrasound study shows a discrepancy between intra-stent lumen area, the area of the stent edges and the balloon size used.
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van der Lugt A, Gussenhoven EJ, von Birgelen C, Tai JA, Pieterman H. Failure of intravascular ultrasound to predict dissection after balloon angioplasty by using plaque characteristics. Am Heart J 1997; 134:1075-81. [PMID: 9424068 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-8703(97)70028-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) is more sensitive than angiography in the assessment of plaque characteristics before intervention and vascular damage after balloon angioplasty. On the basis of IVUS data, this finding may improve clinical treatment by reducing the incidence of severe dissections after balloon angioplasty. We therefore studied the relation between plaque characteristics and dissections after balloon angioplasty. First, an in vitro study on atherosclerotic arteries (n = 42) was performed in which IVUS images were compared with histologic sections to validate the IVUS technique; second, the in vitro findings were compared with IVUS findings obtained in vivo (n = 73). Dissections were observed in 37 histologic sections and visualized on IVUS in 22 (59%) of the corresponding ultrasonic cross-sections; in vivo dissections were demonstrated by IVUS in 46 (63%) cases. Dissections were generally seen at the thinnest region of the plaque on both histologic sections (92%) and IVUS cross-sections (in vitro 83%; in vivo 93%). No significant relation was found between pre-interventional plaque characteristics such as composition features and eccentricity and the incidence, location, and extent of postinterventional dissections. Thus IVUS is able to identify dissections after balloon angioplasty, generally occurring at the site of the thinnest plaque diameter. However, neither the incidence nor the severity of these dissections was related to any of the preinterventional plaque characteristics.
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- A van der Lugt
- Department of Radiology, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Tielbeek AV, Vroegindeweij D, Gussenhoven EJ, Buth J, Landman GH. Evaluation of directional atherectomy studied by intravascular ultrasound in femoropopliteal artery stenosis. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 1997; 20:413-9. [PMID: 9354708 DOI: 10.1007/s002709900185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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PURPOSE To evaluate the role of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) before and after directional atherectomy (DA) in the treatment of femoropopliteal artery stenosis. METHODS In 12 patients with 16 stenoses IVUS was performed before and immediately after an angiographically successful DA. This was defined as a diameter reduction (DR) < or = 50%, which was calculated using the minimal lumen diameter compared with the diameter of a nearby "normal" segment. In the presence of residual plaque on IVUS an additional DA was performed. Endpoints studied were DR < or = 30% on IVUS compared with the IVUS findings of the angiographically normal reference segment, or when no additional atherosclerotic material could be removed by further DA passages. RESULTS Additional DA (mean 1.6 per lesion) had to be performed in all patients. Initial DA increased the cross-sectional free lumen area (FLA) from 3.8 +/- 2.0 mm2 to 8.1 +/- 2.7 mm2 (p = 0.0004). Additional DA increased FLA to 9.3 +/- 2.3 mm2 (p = 0.002) after the second passage and to 9.8 +/- 2.4 mm2 (p = 0.09) after the final DA run. The plaque area (PLA) before DA decreased from 18.1 +/- 4.2 mm2 to 15.4 +/- 4.8 mm2 (p = 0.002) after the first passage, and to 13.5 +/- 5.0 mm2 (p = 0.004) and 12. 8 +/- 4.4 mm2 (p = 0.07) after the second and final DA runs, respectively. PLA of the reference segment (9.5 +/- 5.7 mm2) was significantly smaller (p = 0.006) than the final PLA of the treated lesion, indicating a large amount of retained plaque. As a result of DA there was an increase in the area bordered by the medial layer, i. e., the total vessel area (from 21.9 +/- 4.7 mm2 to 23.0 +/- 4.7 mm2), significantly in eccentric and soft lesions. On IVUS, dissection and plaque rupture after the final passage was seen in 12 of 16 stenoses; two dissections were seen on the completion angiogram. After the final passage in all stenoses except three, the DR with IVUS was < or = 30%. CONCLUSION Lumen enlargement following DA is predominantly due to plaque excision. Vessel expansion combined with plaque excision varies in different stenoses and is an important factor in eccentric and soft lesions. Despite additional DA considerable plaque remains.
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- Department of Radiology, Catharina Hospital, Michelangelolaan 2, NL-5623 EJ Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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One prerequisite for standard clinical use of intravascular ultrasound imaging is rapid evaluation of the data. The main quantities to be extracted from the data are the size and the shape of the lumen. Until now, no accurate, robust and reproducible method to obtain the lumen boundaries from intravascular ultrasound images has been described. In this study, 21 different (semi-)automated binary-segmentation methods for determining the lumen are compared with manual segmentation to find an alternative for the laborious and subjective procedure of manual editing. After a preprocessing step in which the catheter area is filled with lumen-like grey values, all approaches consist of two steps: (i) smoothing the images with different filtering methods and (ii) extracting the lumen by an object definition method. The combination of different filtering methods and object definition methods results in a total of 21 methods and 80 experiments. The results are compared with a reference image, obtained from manual editing, by use of four different quality parameters--two based on squared distances and two based on Mahalanobis distances. The evaluation has been carried out on 15 images, of which seven are obtained before balloon dilation and eight after balloon dilation. While for the post-dilation images no definite conclusions can be drawn, an automated contour model applied to images smoothed with a large kernel appears to be a good alternative to manual contouring. For pre-dilation images a fully automated active contour model, initialized by thresholding, preceded by filtering with a small-scale median filter is the best alternative for manual delineation. The results of this method are even better than manual segmentation, i.e. they are consistently closer to the reference image than the average distance of all individual manual segmentations.
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- C J Bouma
- Image Sciences Institute, University Hospital, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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van der Lugt A, Gussenhoven EJ, Mali WP, Reekers JA, Seelen JL, Tielbeek AV, Pieterman H. Effect of balloon angioplasty in femoropopliteal arteries assessed by intravascular ultrasound. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 1997; 13:549-56. [PMID: 9236707 DOI: 10.1016/s1078-5884(97)80063-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To study the effects of balloon angioplasty (PTA) of the femoropopliteal artery with intravascular ultrasound (IVUS). MATERIALS AND METHODS Corresponding IVUS cross-sections (n = 1033) obtained before and after PTA from 115 procedures were analysed. Vascular damage including plaque rupture, dissection and media rupture was assessed. Free lumen area (FLA), media-bounded area (MBA) and plaque area (PLA) were measured. RESULTS After PTA vascular damage was seen at the target site in 83 (72%) arteries: plaque rupture in 30 (26%), dissection in 66 (57%) and media rupture in 20 (17%) arteries. The FLA increased from 5.4 +/- 3.4 mm2 to 14.1 +/- 5.0 mm2 (p < 0.001), MBA increased from 26.9 +/- 10.0 mm2 to 32.9 +/- 10.7 mm2 (p < 0.001) and PLA decreased from 21.6 +/- 8.5 mm2 to 18.8 +/- 8.0 mm2 (p < 0.001). The increase in MBA accounted for 68% of lumen gain. The frequency of vascular damage and the relative contribution of MBA increase and PLA decrease to luminal gain were not different in procedures with balloon diameter < or = 5 mm and > or = 6 mm. CONCLUSIONS Vascular damage is common following PTA. Lumen gain is mainly due to vessel expansion and, to a lesser extent, to a decrease in plaque area.
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van Lankeren W, Gussenhoven EJ, van Kints MJ, van der Lugt A, van Sambeek MR. Stent remodeling contributes to femoropopliteal artery restenosis: an intravascular ultrasound study. J Vasc Surg 1997; 25:753-6. [PMID: 9129635 DOI: 10.1016/s0741-5214(97)70306-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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This case report describes the status of femoropopliteal artery stents after intervention documented with intravascular ultrasound compared with the changes seen at follow-up. To treat an extensive dissection after balloon angioplasty, a 57-year-old man underwent placement of seven adjacent Palmaz stents. At 5-month follow-up, an angiographic and intravascular ultrasound examination revealed four distinct stenotic lesions (> or = 50%) at stent junctions. Intravascular ultrasound images obtained during the initial stent placement were compared with the corresponding images obtained at follow-up. A distinction was made between changes seen at stent junctions and stent edges (n = 8), those seen within each stent (n = 7), and those in the nonstented sections proximally and distally (n = 3). Intravascular ultrasound examination established that both intimal hyperplasia and stent area reduction (stent remodeling) resulted in lumen area reduction. The extent of the changes seen at the stent junctions were greater than that of changes seen within the stents: lumen area reduction, 67% versus 23%; stent area reduction, 26% versus 11%; and intimal hyperplasia, 10.8 versus 3.3 mm2; respectively. Changes in the nonstented sections were minimal (< 2%). The stent edge seen at the adductor canal showed elliptical deformation. Thus there is a higher risk of restenosis at the stent junctions. In addition to intimal hyperplasia, stent remodeling contributes to restenosis.
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- W van Lankeren
- Department of Radiology, University Hospital Rotterdam-Dijkzigt, Erasmus University, The Netherlands
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Gussenhoven EJ, Geselschap JH, van Lankeren W, Posthuma DJ, van der Lugt A. Remodeling of atherosclerotic coronary arteries assessed with intravascular ultrasound in vitro. Am J Cardiol 1997; 79:699-702. [PMID: 9068542 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(96)00849-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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This study investigated remodeling in human coronary arteries with intravascular ultrasound. We conclude that regression analysis performed by Glagov et al and adopted by others is reproducible but is unable to discern shrinkage of the vessel area.
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- E J Gussenhoven
- University Hospital Rotterdam-Dijkzigl, Erasmus University, The Netherlands
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Li W, van der Steen AF, Lancée CT, Céspedes EI, Carlier S, Gussenhoven EJ, Bom N. Potentials of volumetric blood-flow measurement. Semin Interv Cardiol 1997; 2:49-54. [PMID: 9546984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Current intravascular ultrasound techniques produce real-time imaging of a vessel cross-section with a scan plane normal to blood flow. When randomly distributed blood particles travel through this ultrasound imaging plane, the received echo signals decorrelate as a function of time. The speed of such a decorrelation procedure is proportional to the flow velocity. This phenomenon provides a potential to estimate blood velocities by means of decorrelation analysis. In this paper, we present a method for measuring local blood velocity and quantifying volume flow directly from cross-sectional intravascular ultrasound data. This method is based on multiple decorrelation assessments with a sequence of radio frequency echo signals. The velocity measurement is obtained by comparing the measured decorrelation value with the prior knowledge of the beam characteristics of an intravascular ultrasound transducer. Volume flow is derived by integrating the cross-sectional area and its corresponding velocity vector over the vessel lumen. The decorrelation-based method was tested in vitro with a flow phantom. Measurements were also carried out in vivo in pig experiments to determine the usefulness of this method in clinical settings. Preliminary results of these experiments indicate that the proposed decorrelation method is able to extract cross-sectional velocity profiles and volumetric flow both in vitro and in vivo.
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- W Li
- Thoraxcentre, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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von Birgelen C, van der Lugt A, Nicosia A, Mintz GS, Gussenhoven EJ, de Vrey E, Mallus MT, Roelandt JR, Serruys PW, de Feyter PJ. Computerized assessment of coronary lumen and atherosclerotic plaque dimensions in three-dimensional intravascular ultrasound correlated with histomorphometry. Am J Cardiol 1996; 78:1202-9. [PMID: 8960575 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(96)00596-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS), which depicts both lumen and plaque, offers the potential to improve on the limitations of angiography for the assessment of the natural history of atherosclerosis and progression or regression of the disease. To facilitate measurements and increase the reproducibility of quantitative IVUS analyses, a computerized contour detection system was developed that detects both the luminal and external vessel boundaries in 3-dimensional sets of IVUS images. To validate this system, atherosclerotic human coronary segments (n = 13) with an area obstruction > or = 40% (40% to 61%) were studied in vitro by IVUS. The computerized IVUS measurements (areas and volumes) of the lumen, total vessel, plaque-media complex, and percent obstruction were compared with findings by manual tracing of the IVUS images and of the corresponding histologic cross sections obtained at 2-mm increments (n = 100). Both area and volume measurements by the contour detection system agreed well with the results obtained by manual tracing, showing low mean between-method differences (-3.7% to 0.3%) with SDs not exceeding 6% and high correlation coefficients (r = 0.97 to 0.99). Measurements of the lumen, total vessel, plaque-media complex, and percent obstruction by the contour detection system correlated well with histomorphometry of areas (r = 0.94, 0.88, 0.80, and 0.88) and volumes (r = 0.98, 0.91, 0.83, and 0.91). Systematic differences between the results by the contour detection system and histomorphometry (29%, 13%, -9%, and -22%, respectively) were found, most likely resulting from shrinkage during tissue fixation. The results of this study indicate that this computerized IVUS analysis system is reliable for the assessment of coronary atherosclerosis in vivo.
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- C von Birgelen
- Thoraxcenter, University Hospital Rotterdam-Dijkzigt, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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