TY - THES A1 - Welsch, Stefan T1 - Die Rolle des iFlow-Algortithmus im Rahmen der endovaskulären Therapie von symptomatischen Nierenarterienstenosen T1 - The role of the iFlow-algorithm within the endovascular treatment of symptomatic renal artery stenosis N2 - Das Ziel dieser Arbeit war herauszufinden, ob der iFlow-Algorithmus als zusätzlicher Parameter zu Evaluierung des technischen Erfolgs einer Revaskularisation einer Nierenarterienstenose eingesetzt werden kann. Hierfür haben wir die „mean time to peak“ in Sekunden in den farbcodierten Bildern gemessen, um den Effekt einer Stentimplantation auf den Blutfluss zu eruieren. Im Verlauf haben wir dann getestet, ob unsere Ergebnisse den klinischen Verlauf unserer Patienten wiederspiegeln, um feststellen zu können, ob die syngo iFlow-Software den Erfolg der endovaskulären Therapie voraussagen kann. N2 - The goal of this Dissertation was to evaluate the application of the iFlow-Algorithm as a supplementary tool to predict the technical success of renal artery revascularization. To accomplish this, we measured the mean time to peak in color coded DSA images in seconds to evaluate the effect of the endovascular stent implantation on the arterial blood flow. We then tested, if our findings also represent the clinical progress of our patients to see if the syngo iFlow-Software can predict a successful endovascular treatment. KW - endovascular KW - Nierenarterie KW - renal artery KW - Bluthochdruck KW - high blood pressure Y1 - 2021 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-223324 ER - TY - THES A1 - Steffens, Viola Juliane T1 - Endovaskuläre Behandlung intrakranieller Aneurysmen: Therapie und Verlaufsuntersuchungen - eine Single-Center-Studie - T1 - Endovascular treatment of intracranial aneurysms: therapy and follow-up study- a single-center-study- N2 - In den letzten Jahren wird verbreitet das Coiling, die endovaskuläre Technik zur Behandlung von intrakraniellen Aneurysmata genutzt. Hierbei werden mittels eines Mikrokatheters Platinspiralen unter Durchleuchtung in das Aneurysma platziert. Aufgrund dieser minimal invasiven Methode und positiver Ergebnisse in verschiedenen Studien ist es heute eine Alternative zum bisherigen chirurgischen Clipping, das immer mehr in den Hintergrund gedrängt wurde. In der vorliegenden Studie wird die Rate der periinterventionellen Komplikationen (wie Coildislokationen und Gefäßverschlüsse), der Zusammenhang zwischen der Rekanalisation und der Aneurysmagröße, der Packungsdichte, der verwendeten Spiralen, sowie der Lokalisation des Aneurysmas untersucht. Ziel ist es das Verhältnis der Okklusion des Aneurysmas zu den oben genannten Faktoren zu klären. Im retrospektiven Teil der Studie werden Aneurysmen von 198 Patienten und im prospektiven Anteil 100 Patienten mit 101 Aneurysmen eingeschlossen. Im Anschluss werden die Ergebnisse mit ähnlichen oder vergleichbaren Daten der Literatur, wie z. B. die ISAT und deren Folgestudien, diskutiert. Ein direkter Vergleich war nicht möglich, da diese Studien weitaus größere Patientenanzahlen beinhalteten. N2 - Endovascular treatment of intracranial aneurysms: therapy and follow-up study- a single-center-study- KW - Intrakranielles Aneurysma KW - Aneurysmen KW - intrakraniell KW - endovaskulär KW - aneurysms KW - intracranial KW - endovascular Y1 - 2011 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-74839 ER - TY - THES A1 - Sorour, Ahmed Tarek Ali Ibrahim T1 - Endovaskuläre Interventionen in der Behandlung der Epistaxis T1 - Endovascular intervention in treatment refractory epistaxis N2 - Trotz hoher Erfolgsrate und niedriger Komplikationsrate der arteriographischen Embolisation bei der Nasenblutung kommt diese Behandlungsmethode in vielen Institutionen nicht als Standard-Maßnahme im klinischen Kontext zum Einsatz und wird nur als alternativ im Falle eines Scheiterns der chirurgischen arteriellen Clippung in der Blutstillung eingesetzt. In der vorliegenden retrospektiven Arbeit wurden am Kopf- und Schädelbasiszentrum des Klinikums Fulda die Effizienz und die Sicherheit der perkutanen Embolisation der A. sphenopalatina mit Polyvinylalkohol-Partikeln (150-250 µm) in der Behandlung, der mit konservativen Maßnahmen refraktären Epistaxis untersucht. Methode: Retrospektive Analyse von 99 Patienten, die von Januar 2001 bis Dezember 2018 bei refraktärer, idiopathisch klassifizierter Epistaxis durch eine arteriographische endovaskuläre Embolisation behandelt wurden. Ergebnisse: Es wurden innerhalb des Berichtszeitraums insgesamt 100 Embolisationen bei Epistaxis durchgeführt. Nach Ausschluss von 2 Prozeduren mit bekannten Blutungsursachen wurden 98 Embolisationen bei 95 Patienten mit idiopathischer Epistaxis ausgewertet. Trotz technisch erfolgreicher Intervention in 95% der Fälle, war die Blutung in 81,6% der Fälle zu stillen. Leichte Komplikationen traten in 5% der Fälle auf. Schwere Komplikationen dagegen wurden in keinem einzigen Fall erfasst. Schlussfolgerung: Das Ergebnis dieser Untersuchung bestätigt die Rolle der angiografischen Embolisation der A. sphenopalatina sowohl als einer erfolgreichen, als auch als einer sicheren Methode in der Behandlung der konservativ refraktären Epistaxis. Aufgrund der geringen Invasivität, hohen Erfolgsrate und niedrigen Komplikationsrate sollte die transkutane Embolisation als Standard-Therapie nach dem Scheitern der konservativen Maßnahmen zur Blutstillung einer Epistaxis zum Einsatz kommen. Die chirurgische Blutstillung durch die arterielle Clippung sollte nur im Falle eines Misserfolgs der Embolisation als Verfahren der zweiten Wahl bei der Blutstillung eingesetzt werden. N2 - Angiographic embolization is a successful method in treating refractory cases of epistaxis with a very low complication rate. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Retrospective analysis of 98 patients transferred or admitted with refractory epistaxis and treated with selective angiographic embolization from 2001 to 2018. RESULTS: The angiographic intervention was successful in 81,6% with minor complications in 5%, no major complications were registrated. CONCLUSIONS: Angiographic embolization is a clinically effective and minimal invasive method on treating severe epistaxis and should be used regularly after failing of conservative therapy. KW - Nasenbluten KW - Angiographie KW - endovascular KW - Embolisation KW - Epistaxis KW - angiographische Embolsation der Arteria sphenopalatina Y1 - 2021 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-219179 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Augustin, Anne Marie A1 - Wolfschmidt, Franziska A1 - Elsässer, Thilo A1 - Sauer, Alexander A1 - Dierks, Alexander A1 - Bley, Thorsten Alexander A1 - Kickuth, Ralph T1 - Color-coded summation images for the evaluation of blood flow in endovascular aortic dissection fenestration JF - BMC Medical Imaging N2 - Background To analyze the benefit of color-coded summation images in the assessment of target lumen perfusion in patients with aortic dissection and malperfusion syndrome before and after fluoroscopy-guided aortic fenestration. Methods Between December 2011 and April 2020 25 patients with Stanford type A (n = 13) or type B dissection (n = 12) and malperfusion syndromes were treated with fluoroscopy-guided fenestration of the dissection flap using a re-entry catheter. The procedure was technically successful in 100% of the cases and included additional iliofemoral stent implantation in four patients. Intraprocedural systolic blood pressure measurements for gradient evaluation were performed in 19 cases. Post-processed color-coded DSA images were obtained from all DSA series before and following fenestration. Differences in time to peak (dTTP) values in the compromised aortic lumen and transluminal systolic blood pressure gradients were analyzed retrospectively. Correlation analysis between dTTP and changes in blood pressure gradients was performed. Results Mean TTP prior to dissection flap fenestration was 6.85 ± 1.35 s. After fenestration, mean TTP decreased significantly to 4.96 ± 0.94 s (p < 0.001). Available systolic blood pressure gradients between the true and the false lumen were reduced by a median of 4.0 mmHg following fenestration (p = 0.031), with significant reductions in Stanford type B dissections (p = 0.013) and minor reductions in type A dissections (p = 0.530). A moderate correlation with no statistical significance was found between dTTP and the difference in systolic blood pressure (r = 0.226; p = 0.351). Conclusions Hemodynamic parameters obtained from color-coded DSA confirmed a significant reduction of TTP values in the aortic target lumen in terms of an improved perfusion in the compromised aortic region. Color-coded DSA might thus be a suitable complementary tool in the assessment of complex vascular patterns prevailing in aortic dissections, especially when blood pressure measurements are not conclusive or feasible. KW - angiography KW - fenestration KW - color-coding KW - aortic dissection KW - DSA KW - endovascular Y1 - 2022 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-301107 VL - 22 IS - 1 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Augustin, Anne Marie A1 - Welsch, Stefan A1 - Bley, Thorsten Alexander A1 - Lopau, Kai A1 - Kickuth, Ralph T1 - Color-coded summation images in the evaluation of renal artery stenosis before and after percutaneous transluminal angioplasty JF - BMC Medical Imaging N2 - Background: Endovascular therapy is the gold standard in patients with hemodynamic relevant renal artery stenosis (RAS) resistant to medical therapy. The severity grading of the stenosis as well as the result assessment after endovascular approach is predominantly based on visible estimations of the anatomic appearance. We aim to investigate the application of color-coded DSA parameters to gain hemodynamic information during endovascular renal artery interventions and for the assessment of the procedures technical success. Methods: We retrospectively evaluated 32 patients who underwent endovascular renal artery revascularization and applied color-coded summation imaging on selected monochromatic DSA images. The differences in time to peak (dTTP) of contrast enhancement in predefined anatomical measuring points were analyzed. Furthermore, differences in systolic blood pressure values (SBP) and serum creatinine were obtained. The value of underlying diabetes mellitus as a predictor for clinical outcome was assessed. Correlation analysis between the patients gender as well as the presence of diabetes mellitus and dTTP was performed. Results: Endovascular revascularization resulted in statistically significant improvement in 4/7 regions of interest. Highly significant improvement of perfusion in terms of shortened TTP values could be found at the segmental artery level and in the intrastenotical segment (p<0.001), significant improvement prestenotical and in the apical renal parenchyma (p<0.05). In the other anatomic regions, differences revealed not to be significant. Differences between SBP and serum creatinine levels before and after the procedure were significant (p=0.004 and 0.0004). Patients ' gender as well as the presence of diabetes mellitus did not reveal to be predictors for the clinical success of the procedure. Furthermore, diabetes and gender did not show relevant correlation with dTTP in the parenchymal measuring points. Conclusions: The supplementary use of color-coding DSA and the data gained from parametric images may provide helpful information in the evaluation of the procedures ' technical success. The segmental artery might be a particularly suitable vascular territory for analyzing differences in blood flow characteristics. Further studies with larger cohorts are needed to further confirm the diagnostic value of this technique. KW - digital subtraction angiography KW - color-coded KW - endovascular KW - renal artery KW - PTA Y1 - 2021 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-259086 VL - 21 IS - 1 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Augustin, Anne Marie A1 - Lucius, Leonie Johanna A1 - Thurner, Annette A1 - Kickuth, Ralph T1 - Malignant obstruction of the inferior vena cava: clinical experience with the self-expanding Sinus-XL stent system JF - Abdominal Radiology N2 - Purpose To evaluate the technical and clinical outcome of Sinus-XL stent placement in patients with malignant obstruction syndrome of the inferior vena cava. Methods Between October 2010 and January 2021, 21 patients with different malignant primary disease causing inferior vena cava obstruction were treated with Sinus-XL stent implantation. Procedural data, technical and clinical outcome parameters were retrospectively analyzed. Results Technical success was 100%. Analysis of available manometry data revealed a significant reduction of the mean translesional pressure gradient following the procedure (p = 0.008). Reintervention rate was 4.8% (1/21). The available follow-up imaging studies showed primary and primary-assisted stent patency rates of 93% (13/14) and 100% (14/14), respectively. Major complications did not occur. The clinical success regarding lower extremity edema was 82.4% (14/17) for the first and 85.7% (18/21) for the last follow-up. Longer lengths of IVC obstruction were associated with reduced clinical improvement after the procedure (p = 0.025). Improvement of intraprocedural manometry results and lower extremity edema revealed only minor correlation. Ascites and anasarca were not significantly positively affected by the procedure. Conclusion Sinus-XL stent placement in patients with malignant inferior vena cava obstruction showed high technical success and low complication rates. Regarding the clinical outcome, significant symptom improvement could be achieved in lower extremity edema, whereas ascites and anasarca lacked satisfying symptom relief. Based on our results, this procedure should be considered as a suitable therapy in a palliative care setting for patients with advanced malignant disease. KW - endovascular KW - inferior vena cava KW - interventional procedures KW - oncology KW - palliative care KW - stent Y1 - 2022 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-324951 VL - 47 IS - 10 ER -