Journal article
Renal Artery Stenosis: Evaluation with Conventional Angiography versus Gadolinium-enhanced MR Angiography
Radiology, Vol.210(2), pp.367-372
02/1999
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.210.2.r99fe44367
PMID: 10207416
Abstract
PURPOSE: To evaluate the interobserver and intermodality variability of conventional angiography and gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance (MR) angiography in the assessment of renal artery stenosis.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: Fifty-four patients underwent conventional angiography and gadolinium-enhanced three-dimensional gradient-echo MR angiography. Three angiographers blinded to each other's interpretations and the MR angiographic findings assessed the conventional angiograms for renal artery stenosis. Similarly, three blinded MR imagers evaluated the MR angiograms.
RESULTS: Interobserver variability for the degree of renal artery stenosis in the 107 kidneys evaluated was not significantly different between the two modalities. The mean SD of the degree of stenosis was 6.9% at MR angiography versus 7.5% at conventional angiography (α ≤ .05, P > .05). In 70 kidneys (65%), the average degree of stenosis reported by the readers for the two modalities differed by 10% or less. In 22 cases (21%), the degree of stenosis was overestimated with MR angiography by more than 10% relative to the results of conventional angiography. In 15 cases (14%), the degree of stenosis was underestimated with MR angiography by more than 10%.
CONCLUSION: Gadolinium-enhanced MR angiography permits evaluation of renal artery stenosis with an interobserver variability comparable with that of conventional angiography.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Renal Artery Stenosis: Evaluation with Conventional Angiography versus Gadolinium-enhanced MR Angiography
- Creators
- Maryellyn GilfeatherHyo-Chun YoonEvan S SiegelmanLeon AxelAlan H StolpenRichard D Shlansky-GoldbergRichard A BaumMichael C SoulenMitchell D Schnall
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Radiology, Vol.210(2), pp.367-372
- DOI
- 10.1148/radiology.210.2.r99fe44367
- PMID
- 10207416
- ISSN
- 0033-8419
- eISSN
- 1527-1315
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 02/1999
- Academic Unit
- Radiology; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984051987002771
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