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Magnetic resonance-guided angioplasty with delivery of contrast-media doped solutions to the vessel wall: an experimental study in swine.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  18580336     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVES: To assess the feasibility of magnetic resonance (MR)-guided delivery of a solution containing contrast-medium and immediate online monitoring of its distribution to the vessel wall during MR-guided angioplasty in peripheral arteries. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In 3 pigs, the feasibility of MR-guided atraumatic delivery of a solution containing contrast-medium and tissue dye (0.05 mmol/mL Gd-DTPA, 3% Evans blue dye) into the vessel wall of the iliac arteries was tested using a permeable balloon catheter (8 mm). Catheter placement was monitored using a steady-state free precession real-time imaging sequence.Additionally, in 5 pigs, surgically created bilateral stenoses in the external iliac artery were dilatated with the porous balloon. In these animals, contrast-enhanced MR angiography was performed before and after the interventions to assess the degree of the stenosis. In all animals, the vessel wall was delineated before and after dilatation using a T1-weighted gradient echo (GE) sequence. RESULTS: In the 3 animals without stenosis, contrast medium was successfully applied to the vessel wall. On the GE images, the normalized signal intensity of the vessel wall was 0.95 +/- 0.015 arbitrary units (a. u.) prior and 2.15 +/- 0.105 a. u. after the intervention (P < 0.01). In the animals with stenosis, MR angiography performed before and after the intervention demonstrated successful dilatation of 9 of the 10 stenoses. Before the intervention, 7 stenoses were severe (76%-99%) and 3 moderate (50%-75%), and after the intervention, 4 stenoses were completely removed and 5 mild (<50%). Also in these 5 animals, the solution was visible in the vessel wall of the arteries on the T1-weighted GE MR images (normalized signal intensity prior the intervention 1.33 +/- 0.16 a. u. and 2.97 +/- 0.23 after angioplasty; P < 0.05). Histology demonstrated the distribution of the Evan's blue dye within the vessel wall in all animals. CONCLUSIONS: MR-guided delivery of a contrast-medium containing solution and immediate online assessment of its distribution to the vessel wall during angioplasty in peripheral arteries is feasible.
Authors:
Gabriele A Krombach; Martin Wehner; Alberto Perez-Bouza; Linda Kaimann; Sylvia Kinzel; Thorsten Plum; Daniel Schibur; Michael Friebe; Rolf W Günther; Christian Hohl
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Investigative radiology     Volume:  43     ISSN:  1536-0210     ISO Abbreviation:  Invest Radiol     Publication Date:  2008 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2008-06-26     Completed Date:  2008-09-05     Revised Date:  2009-11-11    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0045377     Medline TA:  Invest Radiol     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  530-7     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University Hospital, Aachen, Germany. krombach@rad.rwth-aachen.de
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Angioplasty / methods*
Animals
Contrast Media / administration & dosage
Feasibility Studies
Gadolinium DTPA / administration & dosage*,  diagnostic use*
Iliac Artery / anatomy & histology*,  surgery*
Image Enhancement / methods
Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Interventional / methods*
Surgery, Computer-Assisted / methods*
Swine
Treatment Outcome
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Contrast Media; 80529-93-7/Gadolinium DTPA

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