Comparison of abdominal aortic aneurysm diameter measurements obtained with ultrasound and computed tomography: is there a difference?
| Autor: | George H. Meier, Jaideep Sood, Michael J Marcinzyck, Christopher J. LeSar, Robert G. Gayle, F. Noel Parent, Richard J. DeMasi, L. Richard Sprouse |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Duplex ultrasonography Computed tomography Sensitivity and Specificity Severity of Illness Index Cohort Studies Aortic aneurysm Aneurysm medicine.artery medicine Humans Registries medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Ultrasound Abdominal aorta Ultrasonography Doppler medicine.disease Abdominal aortic aneurysm Female Surgery Radiology Tomography Tomography X-Ray Computed Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Aortic Aneurysm Abdominal |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Vascular Surgery. 38:466-471 |
| ISSN: | 0741-5214 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0741-5214(03)00367-7 |
| Popis: | Objectives Accurate diameter measurements of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) with both computed tomography (CT) and ultrasound (US) are essential for screening, planning surgical intervention, and follow-up after endovascular repair. Often there is a discrepancy between measurements obtained with CT and US, and neither limit of agreement (LOA) nor correlation between the two imaging methods has been clearly established. The purpose of this study was to assess the paired differences in AAA diameter measurements obtained with CT and US in a large national endograft trial. Methods CT and US measurements were obtained from an independent core laboratory established to assess imaging data in a national endograft trial (Ancure; Guidant, Menlo Park, Calif). The study included only baseline examinations in which both CT and US measurements were available. Axial CT images and transverse US images were assessed for maximal AAA diameter and recorded as CT max and US max , respectively. Correlations and LOA were performed between all image diameters, and differences in their means were assessed with paired t test. Results A total of 334 concurrent measurements were available at baseline after endovascular repair. CT max was greater than US max in 95% (n = 312), and mean CT max (5.69 ± 0.89 cm) was significantly larger ( P max (4.74 ± 0.91 cm). The correlation coefficient between CT max and US max was 0.705, but the difference between the two was less than 1.0 cm in only 51%. There was less discrepancy between CT max and US max for small AAA (0.7 cm, 15.3%) compared with medium (0.9 cm, 17.9%) and large (1.46 cm, 20.3%) AAA; however, the difference was not statistically significant. LOA between CT max and US max (−0.45-2.36 cm) exceeded the limits of clinical acceptability (−0.5-0.5 cm). Poor LOA was also found in each subgroup based on AAA size. Conclusions Maximal AAA diameter measured with CT is significantly and consistently larger than maximal AAA diameter measured with US. The clinical significance of this difference and its cause remains a subject for further investigation. |
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