Contrast-enhanced Ultrasound in Follow-up After Endovascular Aneurysm Repair

Status

Terminated

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01843335

Enrollment

Registered

2013-04-30

Start date

2014-09-30

Completion date

2017-06-30

Last updated

2017-10-31

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Conditions

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm, Endoleak

Keywords

Cardiovascular Diagnostic Technique, Ultrasound

Brief summary

X-ray computed tomography imaging (CT) is routinely used in follow-up after endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR). Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) has been shown to give accurate information about endoleak after EVAR. Benefits of CEUS over CT include less radiation exposure, avoidance of renal function deterioration due to repeated X-ray contrast agent application and decrease in the cost of EVAR follow-up. This study is designed to investigate if results from literature are reproducible in St Olavs Hospital in Trondheim (Norway), to gain experience with the technique and to introduce CEUS as an alternative for detection of endoleak in this hospital.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

CASE_ONLY

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* in follow-up after endovascular implantation of abdominal aortic prothesis

Exclusion criteria

* None

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Detection of endoleak with CEUS	9 months	Compare CEUS with computed tomography angiography (CTA) sensitivity for detection of endoleak

Countries

Norway

Outcome results