A comparison of arterial spin labelling with catheter angiography in evaluating arteriovenous malformations: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To compare the performance of arterial spin labelling (ASL) in evaluating arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) against the current gold standard of catheter angiography.

Methods

We systematically reviewed the published literature using EMBASE and Medline. We included studies that compared ASL to catheter angiography in the assessment of AVMs in three outcome domains: detection, angioarchitectural and haemodynamic features.

Results

From 314 unique citations, 19 studies representing 289 patients with intracranial AVMs met our inclusion criteria. We did not pool data due to marked heterogeneity in study outcome measures. Seven studies showed high diagnostic performance of ASL in identifying arterial feeders, with sensitivity ranging from 84.6 to 100% and specifi

SUBMITTER: Ramachandran S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10993222 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature