TY - JOUR T1 - Accuracy of optical coherence tomography imaging in assessing aneurysmal remnants after flow diversion JF - Journal of NeuroInterventional Surgery JO - J NeuroIntervent Surg SP - 1242 LP - 1246 DO - 10.1136/neurintsurg-2020-016129 VL - 12 IS - 12 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 Y1 - 2020/12/01 UR - http://jnis.bmj.com/content/12/12/1242.abstract N2 - 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. ER -