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Contrast‐Enhanced Sonographic Follow‐up After Stenting of Visceral Artery Aneurysms
Author(s) -
Castagno Claudio,
Varetto Gianfranco,
Benintende Emilio,
Peretti Tania,
Quaglino Simone,
Rispoli Pietro
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of ultrasound in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1550-9613
pISSN - 0278-4297
DOI - 10.7863/ultra.15.05014
Subject(s) - medicine , radiology , computed tomographic angiography , aneurysm , angiography , computed tomographic , trunk , contrast (vision) , stent , artery , computed tomography , surgery , ecology , artificial intelligence , biology , computer science
We report 2 cases of exclusion of visceral artery aneurysms. The first was a common hepatic artery aneurysm treated with a multilayer stent; the second was a celiac trunk aneurysm excluded by a covered stent. Computed tomographic angiography was performed at regular intervals after each procedure, together with echo color Doppler imaging and contrast‐enhanced sonography. Computed tomographic angiography and contrast‐enhanced sonography were able to detect endoleaks in both patients and the related inflow vessel; moreover, diameter measurements of the sacs were identical. In our preliminary experience, contrast‐enhanced sonography appeared to be as accurate as computed tomographic angiography after endovascular visceral artery aneurysm exclusion.