title: Evaluation of acute mesenteric ischemia: accuracy of biphasic mesenteric multi-detector CT angiography.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to explore the accuracy of multi-detector row helical CT (MDCT), using a biphasic mesenteric angiography protocol for evaluation of acute mesenteric ischemia (AMI). In total, 79 consecutive patients with clinical signs of AMI underwent contrast enhanced 16- or 40-channel MDCT. MDCT findings were correlated with surgery, endoscopy and clinical outcome. Sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values were calculated using the patients in which AMI had been excluded as a control group. In 28 patients the final diagnosis was AMI. In 27 patients (96.4%) MDCT correctly diagnosed AMI (specificity of 97.9%). A sensitivity of 93%, specificity of 100%, and positive and negative predictive values of 100% and 94%, respectively were achieved for the CT findings of visceral artery occlusion, intestinal pneumatosis, portomesenteric venous gas or bowel wall thickening in combination with either portomesenteric thrombosis or solid organ infarction. Our findings suggest that mesenteric MDCT angiography is an accurate tool for fast diagnostic work-up of patients with suspected AMI.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital of Ulm, Ulm, Germany. andrik.aschoff@uni-ulm.de
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Aschoff
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Stuber
authors.forename: B W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.forename: M H K
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Hoffmann
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Schmitz
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schelzig
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jaeckle
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003287:Contrast Media; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007479:Iopamidol / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D007511:Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008638:Mesenteric Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008641:Mesenteric Vascular Occlusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011856:Radiographic Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed / Q000379:methods*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; C057937:iomeprol; D007479:Iopamidol