title: Intravenous digital subtraction angiography of the precerebral and cerebral arteries in patients with TIA. A comparison with conventional angiography.
abstract: A study of the diagnostic utility of both intravenous digital subtraction angiography (IV-DSA) and conventional angiography of precerebral and cerebral arteries is presented. The series comprised 60 patients with TIA, who underwent the two procedures with a mean interval of 16 days. Conventional angiography was generally superior to IV-DSA, and this was particularly marked in the siphons and cerebral arteries. Only the excellent IV-DSA examinations obtained in a few patients with TIA could be accepted as final pre-operative procedures. Accurate imaging of the lesions and collateral flow pattern usually required intra-arterial injections, and intra-arterial DSA is now usually preferred.
mesh_terms: D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002533:Cerebral Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D002536:Cerebral Arteries; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement; D013382:Subtraction Technique