Radiography
Volume 13, Issue 4 , Pages 310-313, November 2007

Surgical planning in patients with aorto-iliac occlusion: Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography is the investigation of choice—demonstration in two cases

  • Rajesh Bhat

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    • Department of Radiology, Level 6, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, 77 Clayhills Drive Dundee, DD19SY, UK
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  • Avril Barclay

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    • Vascular Imaging, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, UK
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  • Trudy McLeay

      Affiliations

    • MRI, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, UK
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  • John Nagy

      Affiliations

    • Vascular Surgery, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, UK
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  • Gareth Griffiths

      Affiliations

    • Vascular Surgery, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, UK
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  • Sam Chakraverty

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Level 6, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, 77 Clayhills Drive Dundee, DD19SY, UK

Received 21 February 2006; accepted 17 May 2006.

Abstract 

Two cases of patients with critical ischaemia and aorto-iliac occlusion are described where standard digital subtraction angiography demonstrated groin vessel patency poorly compared with contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography (CE-MRA). CE-MRA allowed surgical planning with high confidence and surgical findings correlated with the CE-MRA study and should be the investigation of choice in similar cases.

Keywords: Aorto-iliac occlusion, Aorto-bifemoral bypass graft, Magnetic resonance angiography

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PII: S1078-8174(06)00060-5

doi:10.1016/j.radi.2006.05.002

Radiography
Volume 13, Issue 4 , Pages 310-313, November 2007

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