title: [Increasing value of the duplex scan in preoperative diagnosis of the carotid artery--is preoperative carotid angiography still sensible?].
abstract: In effort to eliminate morbidity and costs, associated with arteriographic investigation, we increasingly perform Duplex Scan of the extracranial carotid artery prior to endarterectomy. 451 carotid reconstructions between 1986 and April 1991 were evaluated retrospectively. The percentage of patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy without angiography has increased from 21.1% to 92.8%. Angiography was associated with a combined neurologic morbidity rate of 3.0%. Perioperative outcome of patients and stratification by indication did not show any significant differences for both groups undergoing Duplex Scan alone and/or angiography. Diagnostic Carotid angiography should only be used selectively in patients showing distal internal carotid plaque, recurrent stenosis, symptomatic carotid occlusion or aortic arch disease.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung f. Gefässchirurgie, I. Univ. Klinik f. Chirurgie, Innsbruck.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Weimann
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Riedmann
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Schmidauer
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vogl
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Flora
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D004453:Echoencephalography; D004691:Endarterectomy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male
vernacular_title: Die zunehmende Bedeutung des Duplex Scans in der präoperativen Carotisdiagnostik--ist die präoperative Carotisangiographie noch sinnvoll?