Comparison of time-resolved CT-angiography, contrast-enhanced ultrasound and digital subtraction angiography in a patient with a small type II endoleak after endovascular aneurysm repair

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Sommer, Wieland H. | Hoffmann, Ralf. T. | Becker, Christoph R. | Reiser, Maximilian F. | Clevert, Dirk A.

Affiliations: Department of Clinical Radiology, University Hospitals-Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany

Note: [] Corresponding author: Wieland H. Sommer, MD, Department of Clinical Radiology, University of Munich, Grosshadern Campus, Marchioninistr 15, 81377 Munich, Germany. Tel.: +49 89 7095 3620; Fax: +49 89 7095 8832; E-mail: wieland.sommer@med.uni-muenchen.de

Abstract: We report discordant imaging findings of a small persistent type II endoleak in a 72-year-old man who had undergone endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) of an abdominal aortic aneurysm. Although the aneurysm was growing in size digital subtraction angiography could not detect an endoleak, but time-resolved CT-angiography and contrast enhanced ultrasound did detect a small type II endoleak.

DOI: 10.3233/CH-2010-1283

Journal: Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation, vol. 45, no. 1, pp. 19-25, 2010