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Three-dimensional digital subtraction angiography in evaluation of vertebro-basilar artery dissections: comparison
Takatoshi Sorimachi1, Kenji Suzuki, Osamu Sasaki
1Department of Neurosurgery, Brain Research Institute, University of Niigata, Chuo-ku, Niigata, Japan. sorimachi@bri.niigata-u.ac.jp
Background And Purpose:
The purpose of this study was to clarify characteristic findings on three-dimensional (3D) digital subtraction angiography (DSA), and to investigate diagnostic usefulness of 3D DSA in vertebro-basilar dissections (VBD).
Methods:
In 25 consecutive patients with VBD, two-dimensional (2D) DSA, and 3D DSA findings were evaluated by a scoring system. The effects of 3D DSA results on diagnosis were scored in comparison with 2D DSA results.
Results:
A proximal stenosis, a distal stenosis, a bleb, and a relationship between the posterior inferior cerebellar artery and the dissection were significantly better visualized in 3D DSA than those in 2D DSA (P < .05). A characteristic finding of VBD on 3D DSA was a combination of an aneurysmal bulging and its proximal and distal stenoses, which was observed in 92% of the 25 patients.
Conclusions:
Three-dimensional DSA was more useful for diagnosis in patients with VBD in comparison with 2D DSA.
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