Follow up CT angiography post EVAR: Endoleaks detection, classification and management planning

Imaging Surveillance following Endovascular Aneurysm Repair.

Endoleaks are unique complications of endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) that necessitate lifelong imaging surveillance for the patient. Several imaging modalities may be used to monitor the patient for endoleaks and other complications related to the stent graft. At present, computed tomographic angiography remains the gold standard for the detection of endoleaks. Other modalities that can be...

Endovascular Treatment of Endoleaks Following EVAR

CT angiography steps up role in interventional planning

CT angiography is playing an increasingly important role in planning for cardiovascular interventions. Improvements in spatial and temporal resolution, scan times, and scan range-together with advanced image postprocessing-have made CTA a critical tool for identifying patients in need of invasive therapy and for mapping out the best percutaneous or surgical approach. In some cases, CTA provides...

Selection, technique, and follow-up: keys to success in EVAR

Short-term survival benefi ts of endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) versus open repair of elective abdominal aortic aneurysms have been shown in randomised trials, but this early survival benefi t is lost within a few years. The long-term survival benefi t of EVAR remains unclear. The randomised controlled EVAR trial 1 was initiated in 1999, and the EVAR trial participants and authors are to b...

Multimodal Imaging Follow-up of a Thrombosed Developmental Venous Anomaly: CT, CT Angiography and Digital Subtraction Angiography

We report a rare case of thrombosed developmental venous anomaly (DVA) in a 31-year old male with hemorrhagic cerebral venous infarction at the initial clinical presentation. In this case, sequential CT, CT angiography and digital subtraction angiography demonstrated thrombotic obstruction of the venous drainage from DVA, its progressive recanalization and temporal evolution of the affected bra...