Abstract
Currently, more reliable parameters to predict the risk of aneurysmal rupture are needed. Intra-aneurysmal pressure gradients and flow maps could provide additional information regarding the risk of rupture. Our hypothesis was that phase contrast with vastly undersampled isotropic projection reconstruction (PC-VIPR), a novel 3D MR imaging sequence, could accurately assess intra-aneurysmal pressure gradients in a canine aneurysmal model when compared with invasive measurements. A total of 13 surgically created aneurysms in 8 canines were included in this study. Pressure measurements were performed in the parent vessel, aneurysm neck, and 5 regions within the aneurysmal sac with a microcatheter. PC-VIPR sequence was used to obtain cardiac-gated velocity measurements in a region covering the entire aneurysm. The velocity and pressure gradient maps derived from the PC-VIPR data were then coregistered with the anatomic DSA images and compared with catheter measurements. In 7 of the bifurcation aneurysms, the velocity flow maps demonstrated a recirculation flow pattern with a small neck-to-dome pressure gradient (mean, +0.5 mm Hg). In 1 bifurcation aneurysm, a flow jet extending from the neck to the dome with significantly greater pressure gradient (+50.2 mm Hg) was observed. All sidewall aneurysms had low flow in the sac with intermediate pressure gradients (mean, +8.3 mm Hg). High statistical correlation existed between PC-VIPR aneurysmal pressures and microcatheter pressure measurements (R = 0.82, P < .01). PC-VIPR can provide anatomic as well as noninvasive quantitative and qualitative hemodynamic information in the canine aneurysm model. The PC-VIPR intra-aneurysmal pressure measurements correlated well with catheter measurements.
Highlights
AND PURPOSE: Currently, more reliable parameters to predict the risk of aneurysmal rupture are needed
High statistical correlation existed between phase contrast (PC)-vastly undersampled isotropic projection reconstruction (VIPR) aneurysmal pressures and microcatheter pressure measurements (R ϭ 0.82, P Ͻ .01)
The largest prospective study regarding the natural history of unruptured aneurysms concluded that the cumulative 5-year risk of rupture for aneurysms less than 7 mm in the anterior circulation in patients without previous rupture is zero.[1]
Summary
The purpose of our study was to demonstrate that PC-VIPR could accurately assess intra-aneurysmal pressure gradients in a canine aneurysm model when compared with invasive measurements
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