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Carotid artery stenosis: accuracy of contrast-enhanced MR angiography for diagnosis. 2003

Paul J Nederkoorn, and Otto E H Elgersma, and Yolanda van der Graaf, and Bert C Eikelboom, and L Jaap Kappelle, and Willem P T M Mali
Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, Rm E 01.132, 3508 GA Utrecht, The Netherlands.

OBJECTIVE To assess accuracy of contrast material-enhanced magnetic resonance (MR) angiography as compared with three-dimensional (3D) time-of-flight (TOF) MR angiography and reference digital subtraction angiography (DSA) in diagnosis of carotid artery stenosis. METHODS Enhanced and 3D TOF MR angiography and DSA were performed in 51 consecutive patients suspected of having carotid artery stenosis at duplex ultrasonography. Stenoses were measured by two independent observers blinded to clinical information and other test results. Pearson correlation coefficients were used, and kappa for interobserver variabilities was estimated. Sensitivity and specificity of enhanced and 3D TOF MR angiography were calculated and compared with those of DSA. RESULTS Pearson correlation coefficients were 0.94 (P <.01) for enhanced angiography versus DSA, 0.92 (P <.01) for 3D TOF angiography versus DSA, and 0.93 (P <.01) for enhanced versus 3D TOF angiography for observer 1 and 0.94 (P <.01), 0.95 (P <.01), and 0.94 (P <.01), respectively, for observer 2. kappa statistics were 0.81 for enhanced angiography, 0.79 for 3D TOF angiography, and 0.78 for DSA. Stenosis measurements of observer 1 at enhanced MR angiography, with inclusion of carotid arteries on the symptomatic side only, compared with those of DSA yielded a sensitivity of 90% (95% CI: 68%, 99%) and a specificity of 77% (95% CI: 55%, 92%). 3D TOF angiography yielded a sensitivity of 86% (95% CI: 67%, 97%) and a specificity of 73% (95% CI: 50%, 89%) compared with those of DSA. For observer 2, sensitivity and specificity for enhanced angiography were 91% (95% CI: 70%, 99%) and 76% (95% CI: 52%, 91%), respectively, and 90% (95% CI: 68%, 99%) and 77% (95% CI: 51%, 92%), respectively, for 3D TOF angiography. CONCLUSIONS Accuracy of enhanced MR angiography in diagnosis of severe stenosis is similar to that of 3D TOF MR angiography.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D000369 Aged, 80 and over Persons 80 years of age and older. Oldest Old
D012680 Sensitivity and Specificity Binary classification measures to assess test results. Sensitivity or recall rate is the proportion of true positives. Specificity is the probability of correctly determining the absence of a condition. (From Last, Dictionary of Epidemiology, 2d ed) Specificity,Sensitivity,Specificity and Sensitivity
D015588 Observer Variation The failure by the observer to measure or identify a phenomenon accurately, which results in an error. Sources for this may be due to the observer's missing an abnormality, or to faulty technique resulting in incorrect test measurement, or to misinterpretation of the data. Two varieties are inter-observer variation (the amount observers vary from one another when reporting on the same material) and intra-observer variation (the amount one observer varies between observations when reporting more than once on the same material). Bias, Observer,Interobserver Variation,Intraobserver Variation,Observer Bias,Inter-Observer Variability,Inter-Observer Variation,Interobserver Variability,Intra-Observer Variability,Intra-Observer Variation,Intraobserver Variability,Inter Observer Variability,Inter Observer Variation,Inter-Observer Variabilities,Inter-Observer Variations,Interobserver Variabilities,Interobserver Variations,Intra Observer Variability,Intra Observer Variation,Intra-Observer Variabilities,Intra-Observer Variations,Intraobserver Variabilities,Intraobserver Variations,Observer Variations,Variabilities, Inter-Observer,Variabilities, Interobserver,Variabilities, Intra-Observer,Variabilities, Intraobserver,Variability, Inter-Observer,Variability, Interobserver,Variability, Intra-Observer,Variability, Intraobserver,Variation, Inter-Observer,Variation, Interobserver,Variation, Intra-Observer,Variation, Intraobserver,Variation, Observer,Variations, Inter-Observer,Variations, Interobserver,Variations, Intra-Observer,Variations, Intraobserver,Variations, Observer
D015901 Angiography, Digital Subtraction A method of delineating blood vessels by subtracting a tissue background image from an image of tissue plus intravascular contrast material that attenuates the X-ray photons. The background image is determined from a digitized image taken a few moments before injection of the contrast material. The resulting angiogram is a high-contrast image of the vessel. This subtraction technique allows extraction of a high-intensity signal from the superimposed background information. The image is thus the result of the differential absorption of X-rays by different tissues. Digital Subtraction Angiography,Subtraction Angiography, Digital

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