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DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1027669
© Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York
Multi-Detector Computed Tomography to Analyze In-Stent Restenoses at Different Heart Rates
Multidetektor-Computertomografie zur Analyse von In-Stent-Restenosen bei verschiedenen HerzfrequenzenPublication History
received: 27.1.2008
accepted: 11.6.2008
Publication Date:
08 August 2008 (online)

Zusammenfassung
Ziel: Mit dieser Studie wurde die Darstellbarkeit von koronaren In-Stent-Restenosen mittels Multidetektor-Computertomografie (MDCT) untersucht. Material und Methoden: Es wurde ein Restenosephantom mit verschiedenen Stent-versorgten Stenosen benutzt. Dieses Phantom wurde an ein dynamisches Herzphantom gekoppelt, das sich mit Herzfrequenzen von 40 – 120 /min bewegte. Die MDCT wurde mit zwei Scan-Protokollen durchgeführt: ein Standardprotokoll und ein ultrahochauflösendes Protokoll. Ergebnisse: Bei Benutzung des ultrahochauflösenden Protokolls waren Artefakte bis 0,6 mm um die Stentstreben herum nachweisbar (p < 0,001). Die Artefakte beeinträchtigten die Unterscheidung zwischen keiner Stenose und einer niedriggradigen Stenose. Etwa 73 % des zentralen Lumen-Diameters konnte ohne limitierende Artefakte beurteilt werden, sodass die Unterscheidung zwischen keiner oder niedriggradiger und mittel- sowie hochgradiger Stenose gut möglich war (p < 0,05). Wurde das Standardprotokoll im dynamischen Phantom benutzt, verminderte sich die Bildqualität und die Darstellbarkeit der Stenosen mit steigenden Herzfrequenzen (p < 0,0002 und p < 0,004). Dies konnte durch eine Analyse in einem optimalen RR-Intervall kompensiert werden. Im optimalen RR-Intervall war eine Beurteilung des Grades der Stenosen oberhalb von 30 % und bis zu einer Herzfrequenz von 120 /min möglich. Schlussfolgerung: Die Multidetektor-Computertomografie mit ultrahochauflösenden Scan-Protokollen ermöglicht die Beurteilung eines weiten Bereichs von In-Stent-Restenosen. Unter diesen experimentellen Bedingungen erlaubten die Standardprotokolle eine Unterscheidung von niedrig-, mittel- und hochgradigen Stenosen sogar bei Herzfrequenzen über 100 /min.
Abstract
Purpose: This study was performed to evaluate the visualization of coronary in-stent restenosis by multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT). Materials and Methods: A restenosis phantom with different stented stenoses was used. The phantom was placed into a dynamic heart phantom with heart rates from 40 to 120 bpm. MDCT was performed with two scan protocols: a standard and an ultra-high resolution scan protocol. Results: Using the ultra-high resolution protocol, artifacts occurred at 0.6 mm around the stent struts (p < 0.001). Artifacts compromised the discrimination between no stenosis and low-grade stenosis. Approximately 73 % of the central lumen diameter was able to be assessed without limiting artifacts allowing the discrimination of no or low vs. moderate and high-grade stenoses (p < 0.05). Using the standard protocol in the dynamic phantom, the image quality and visibility of stenoses decreased with an increasing heart rate (p < 0.0002 and p < 0.004). This was able to be compensated by analysis in an appropriate RR-interval. At the optimal RR-interval, an assessment of the grade of stenoses > 30 % was feasible up to 120 bpm. Conclusion: Multi-detector computed tomography ultra-high resolution scans allowed the assessment of a wide range of degrees of in-stent restenoses. In this experimental setup, standard protocols allowed a discrimination of low, moderate and high-grade stenoses even at heart rates above 100 bpm.
Key words
Multi-detector row computed tomography - heart - coronary stents - MDCT - coronary artery disease
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