Four cases in which the diagnosis of carotid-cavernous fistula was made by using CT angiography are illustrated. The diagnosis was confirmed by digital subtraction angiography in all four instances. To our knowledge, this is the first report of the CT angiographic appearance of carotid-cavernous fistulas.

Endovascular surgical neuroradiologists can receive a substantial amount of occupational radiation exposure. We evaluated the amount of radiation exposure that results from the practice of performing hand injections during digital subtraction angiography (DSA). The primary operator can significantly decrease the radiation dose by leaving the room for DSA procedures. However, the total radiation...

When evaluating vascular supply, a combined angiography and CT (angio-CT) system provides more accurate vascular anatomy than digital subtraction angiography. To the best of our knowledge, however, the application for intracranial tumors has not been described. We herein describe a technique of an angio-CT system for diagnosis of vascular anatomy of the feeding artery for preoperative embolizat...

During the past decade, major progress has been made in the evolution of technology directed toward the accurate measurement of regional myocardial perfusion in patients. The deficiencies of some of the older methods (thermodilution and gas clearance) are better appreciated and improved approaches (Doppler catheters, positron-emission tomography, and digital subtraction angiography) have been d...

BACKGROUND Renal arteriovenous malformation is an aberrant vascular connection between the renal artery and vein. Acquired renal arteriovenous malformation (arteriovenous fistulae) accounts for approximately 70% of renal arteriovenous abnormalities. Congenital renal arteriovenous malformation, relatively rare, can result in significant hematuria which may require arterial embolization or nephre...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Color duplex ultrasonography (CDU) is a standard method of noninvasive evaluation of internal carotid artery stenosis (ICAS). B-flow imaging (BFI), on the other hand, is a newer method. We investigated the accuracy of the two noninvasive tests--CDU and BFI--each separately and as a combination of the two tests by comparing with digital subtraction angiography as a referen...

OBJECTIVE Color and duplex Doppler ultrasound and digital subtraction angiography were compared for the evaluation of graft patency of the gastroepiploic artery (GEA). METHODS In 77 observations, ultrasound and digital subtraction angiography were compared. The coronary resistance index (cRI) was defined as the maximal systolic flow velocity minus the maximal diastolic flow velocity, divided ...