Extravascular application of an intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) catheter during carotid endarterectomy to verify distal ends of stenotic lesions

Acta neurochirurgica
T KawamataT Hori

Abstract

Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) has been developed initially for intravascular imaging of coronary arteries to investigate vascular structures. We applied the IVUS catheter extravascularly to the cervical carotid arteries to obtain intra-operative ultrasound images during carotid endarterectomy (CEA). Intra-operative assessments of the distal ends of the stenotic lesions as well as pathological vascular structures are important, not only for exposing the lesions sufficiently but also for placing the shunt system safely. An IVUS catheter (3.2 French/30 MHz) was intra-operatively applied close to the outer surface of the cervical carotid arteries during CEA. Ultrasound transection vascular images were obtained in 33 consecutive patients (30 males and 3 females) with a mean age of 66.5 years. In 32 of 33 cases, extravascular application of IVUS catheter before making arteriotomies correctly depicted the distal ends of the internal carotid artery (ICA) stenotic lesions as a thin layer of vascular wall [0.64 +/- 0.16 mm (mean +/- SD) compared with 1.66 +/- 0.42 mm for carotid plaque] with intravascular blood flow. Based on the IVUS findings, we were able to adequately expose the normal ICA portion distal to the stenotic lesion befor...Continue Reading

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Oct 11, 2011·Medical Engineering & Physics·Gail M SiewiorekEnder A Finol

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