PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Frederik Fries
AU  - Alexander Maßmann
AU  - Toshiki Tomori
AU  - Umut Yilmaz
AU  - Michael Kettner
AU  - Andreas Simgen
AU  - Giorgio Cattaneo
AU  - Gudrun Wagenpfeil
AU  - Wolfgang Reith
AU  - Ruben Mühl-Benninghaus
TI  - Accuracy of optical coherence tomography imaging in assessing aneurysmal remnants after flow diversion
AID  - 10.1136/neurintsurg-2020-016129
DP  - 2020 Dec 01
TA  - Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery
PG  - 1242--1246
VI  - 12
IP  - 12
4099  - http://jnis.bmj.com/content/12/12/1242.short
4100  - http://jnis.bmj.com/content/12/12/1242.full
SO  - J NeuroIntervent Surg2020 Dec 01; 12
AB  - Background Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is an ultra-high resolution real-time intravascular imaging method that is gaining interest in cerebrovascular applications.Objective To compare, in a rabbit elastase aneurysm model, digital subtraction angiography (DSA) and OCT as diagnostic tools for the assessment of aneurysmal remnants and baseline characteristics of aneurysms after flow diverter (FD) implantation.Methods With Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee approval, saccular aneurysms were created in 28 rabbits and treated with Derivo FDs. DSA was performed before, and immediately after, stent implantation. As a follow-up, DSA and OCT were performed 28 days after device implantation.Results DSA and OCT were successfully performed in 23 cases. OCT could not be achieved in 5 cases owing to navigational difficulties in the stent lumen with the OCT catheter. Residual aneurysms were significantly more often visible with OCT (18/23 (78%) than with DSA 12/23 (52%), p = 0.031).Conclusion OCT was more sensitive than conventional angiography for the assessment of residual aneurysms at 28 days after FD implantation in an animal model.