Evaluation of dynamic effects of therapy-induced changes in microcirculation after percutaneous treatment of vascular malformations using contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) and time intensity curve (TIC) analyses

Wiesinger, I and Jung, W. and Zausig, N. and Wohlgemuth, W. A. and Pregler, B. and Wiggermann, P. and Stroszczynski, C. and Jung, E. M. (2018) Evaluation of dynamic effects of therapy-induced changes in microcirculation after percutaneous treatment of vascular malformations using contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) and time intensity curve (TIC) analyses. CLINICAL HEMORHEOLOGY AND MICROCIRCULATION, 69 (1-2). pp. 45-57. ISSN 1386-0291, 1875-8622

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Abstract

The aim of this follow-up study was to demonstrate the effect of percutaneous interventional treatment on local microcirculation of peripheral vascular malformations using CEUS and TIC analysis. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Retrospective analysis of 197 patients (136 female; 61 male; 3-86 years) with 135 venous (VM), 39 arterio-venous (AVM), 8 lymphatic and 15 veno-lymphatic peripheral vascular malformations before and after the first percutaneous treatment. CEUS was performed after i.v. injection of 1-2.4 ml of sulfur hexafluoride microbubbles (SonoVue (R)) using a 6-9MHz linear probe. Digitally stored cine loops (starting in the early arterial phase for 60 sec) were read by independent readers in consensus. Regions of interest (ROI) were defined in the center and at the margins of the malformation, as well as in the healthy surrounding tissue. TIC analyses with Time to Peak (TTP) and Area under the Curve (AUC) were calculated using integrated perfusion software. RESULTS: After the treatment there was a significant decrease for median AUC in VM in the center from 297.8 (14.5-2167.6) rU down to 243.3 (0.1-1678.8) rU (p = 0.043) and in the surrounding tissue down to 107.7 (20.2-660.2) rU (p = 0.018). For the other malformations AUC decreased in the center and the margins as well. TTP rose, however these changes did not reach the level of significance. CONCLUSION: Analyzing the capillary microcirculation TICs offer a possibility of monitoring therapy-induced capillary changes of vascular malformations.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: HEPATOCELLULAR-CARCINOMA; PERFUSION; CHEMOEMBOLIZATION; QUANTIFICATION; CEUS; percutaneous interventional therapy; vascular malformation
Subjects: 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine
Divisions: Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Röntgendiagnostik
Depositing User: Dr. Gernot Deinzer
Date Deposited: 20 Mar 2020 13:35
Last Modified: 20 Mar 2020 13:35
URI: https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/15370

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