Gray-scale median of the atherosclerotic plaque can predict success of lumen re-entry during subintimal femoral-popliteal angioplasty.

Abstract:

OBJECTIVE:This study assessed whether the duplex ultrasound (DUS)-derived gray-scale median (GSM) of the most six distal portion of the occluded femoral-popliteal arterial segment can predict success of lumen re-entry for subintimal angioplasty. METHODS:During the last 3 years, 108 patients (62% men) with a mean age of 73 +/- 10 years underwent 116 primary attempted DUS-guided subintimal angioplasties of the femoral-popliteal segment. Preprocedural B-mode DUS images of the plaque at the most distal occlusion segment were digitalized and normalized using Photoshop (Adobe, San Jose, Calif) software and standard criteria (gray level, 0 to 5 for lumen blood and 185 to 190 for the adventitia on a linear scale of 0 to 255). Overall GSM of the plaque segment about 2 cm long, immediately before the planned re-entry point to the true arterial lumen, was used for retrospective correlation with procedure success and other clinical indicators. RESULTS:Mean plaque GSM for all cases was 22.5 +/- 12.6 (range, 3 to 60). The overall success rate of subintimal angioplasty procedures was 85%. Mean plaque GSM for 99 successful cases (18.4 +/- 7.8) was significantly lower than for 17 cases (46.4 +/- 8.1) where we failed (P < .0001). We failed in 90% of 19 cases with GSM >35, in 71% of 24 cases with GSM >20, and in 50% of 34 cases with GSM >25. There was no statistically significant difference (P = .45) between plaque GSM in 64 patients with diabetes (23.3 +/- 13.5) compared with 52 nondiabetic patients (21.5 +/- 11.4). Similarly, plaque GSM was not statistically different (P = .9) in 52 patients with renal insufficiency (22.7 +/- 13.2) compared with 64 patients with normal creatinine levels (22.4 +/- 12.2). At the 6-month follow-up, no statistically significant difference was found between mean GSM (17.8 +/- 7.8) in 47 stenosis-free cases compared with mean GSM (18 +/- 6.8) in 22 cases where severe restenosis (>70%) or reocclusion was identified by DUS scan (P = .4). CONCLUSIONS:Plaque echogenicity represented by DUS-derived GSM can be used to predict the success of primary subintimal femoral-popliteal angioplasties.

journal_name

J Vasc Surg

authors

Marks NA,Ascher E,Hingorani AP,Shiferson A,Puggioni A

doi

10.1016/j.jvs.2007.09.039

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2008-01-01 00:00:00

pages

109-15; discussion 115-6

issue

1

eissn

0741-5214

issn

1097-6809

pii

S0741-5214(07)01522-4

journal_volume

47

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