• 대한수의학회지
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• 제56권3호
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• pp.177-181
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• 2016

Mini-pigs have been widely employed in preclinical studies to explore new therapeutic strategies for diseases of the human urinary system; however, the normal reference of the renal artery has not been clearly investigated in the mini-pig model. Therefore, we aimed to establish a normal reference of the radiological morphology of the renal artery in mini-pigs by renal angiography via catheterization of the carotid artery. The renal angiographies obtained from 15 mini-pigs were evaluated to determine the orifice from the aorta, facing direction, size and the number of branches of renal arteries. Cranio-laterally facing renal arteries with 2 distal branches were mainly observed in the renal artery of mini-pigs. Both sides of the renal artery presented symmetrical sizes; however, the right renal artery orifice from the aorta was located more cranially than the left counterpart. The results of this study will contribute to radiological diagnosis of the renal artery as well as preclinical studies of mini-pigs.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제44권3호
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• pp.159-162
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• 2008

Stenting is a useful alternative treatment modality in carotid artery stenosis patients who are too high-risk to undergo carotid endarterectomy (CEA). We report a case of contralateral cerebral infarction after stenting for extracranial carotid stenosis. A 78-year-old woman was admitted to the hospital with left-sided weakness. Based on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain and conventional angiography, she was diagnosed with an acute watershed infarct of the right hemisphere secondary to severe carotid stenosis. Stenting was performed for treatment of the right carotid artery stenosis after a one-week cerebral angiogram was completed. Thirty minutes after stent placement, the patient exhibited a generalized seizure. Four hours later, brain MRI revealed left hemispheric cerebral infarction. Complex aorta-like arch elongation, tortuosity, calcification, and acute angulation at the origin of the supra-aortic arteries may increase the risk of procedural complications. In our case, we suggest that difficult carotid artery catheterization, with aggressive maneuvering during stenting, likely injured the tortuous, atherosclerotic aortic arch, and led to infarction of the contralateral cerebral hemisphere by thromboemboli formed on the wall of the atherosclerotic aorta.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제47권5호
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• pp.332-337
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• 2010

Objective : Although a transradial angiography is accepted as the gold standard for cardiovascular procedures, cerebral angiography has been performed via transfemoral approach in most institutions. The purpose of this study is to present our experience concerning the feasibility, efficacy, and safety of a transradial approach to cerebral angiography as an alternative to a transfemoral approach. Methods : Between February 2007 and October 2009, a total of 1,240 cerebral angiographies were performed via a transradial approach in a single center. The right radial approach was used as an initial access route. The procedure continued only after the ulnar artery was proven to provide satisfactory collateral perfusion according to two tests (a modified Allen's test and forearm angiography). Results : The procedural success rate was 94.8% with a mean duration of 28 minutes. All supra-aortic vessels were successfully catheterized with a success rate of 100%. The success rates of selective catheterization to the right vertebral artery, right internal carotid artery, left internal carotid artery, and left vertebral artery were 96.1%, 98.6%, 82.6% and 52.2%, respectively. The procedure was performed more than twice in 73 patients (5.9%), including up to 4 times in 2 patients. The radial artery occlusion was found in 4 patients (5.4%) on follow-up cerebral angiography, but no ischemic symptoms were observed in any of the cases. Conclusion : This study suggests that cerebral angiography using a transradial approach can be performed with minimal risk of morbidity. In particular, this procedure might be useful for follow-up angiographies and place less stress on patients.

• Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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• 제53권4호
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• pp.213-217
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• 2013

Objective : Transradial angiography has become popular among many cardiologists as a diagnostic and therapeutic tool. However, transradial cerebral angiography is not utilized to the same extent. The purpose of this study is to present our experience regarding the usefulness of transradial cerebral angiography, especially in elderly patients. Methods : Between May 2011 and February 2012, a total of 126 cerebral angiographies were performed via a transradial approach in a single center. Of them, only 47 patients were over 60 years old. In our institution, we shifted the initial access from the right femoral artery to the right radial artery in all patients requiring cerebral angiography in 2011. We did not attempt radial access in 40 cases for variable reasons. Results : The procedural success rate was 92.2%. We have four failures of transradial angiography; two because of loop formations of the radial and brachial artery and two due to multiple puncture failures. All supra-aortic vessels were successfully catheterized. However, the selective catheterization rates of the left side distal vessels were lower, as success rates were 89.7% for the right internal carotid artery and 75% for the left internal carotid artery. Procedure-related vascular complications, such as puncture site hematoma, hand ischemia, pseudoaneurysm, arteriovenous fistula and arterial dissection were not observed in our series. However, intraprocedural thrombosis developed in one patient, which was resolved completely by intraarterial thrombolytic agents. Conclusion : With advancing patient's age, we believe that transradial cerebral angiography is a useful tool to decrease patient's discomfort and more effectively manage the vessel tortuosity.

• 한국가시화정보학회지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.14-23
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• 2023

The pressure difference across stenotic blood vessels is a commonly used clinical metric for diagnosing many cardiovascular diseases. At present, most clinical pressure measurements rely solely on invasive catheterization. In this study, we propose a novel method for non-invasive pressure estimation using the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations and a 3D multi-path integration approach. We verify spatio-temporal convergence on an in-silico dataset of a cylindrical straight pipe phantom with steady and pulsatile flow fields. We then evaluate the proposed method on an in vitro dataset of reconstructed control, pre-operative, and post-operative carotid artery cases acquired from 4D flow MRI. The performance of our method is compared to existing approaches based on the pressure Poisson equation and work-energy relative pressure. The results demonstrate the proposed method's high accuracy, robustness to spatio-temporal subsampling, and reduced sensitivity to noise, highlighting its great potential for non-invasive pressure estimation.

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.22-30
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• 1995

저자들은 두개 기저나 경부종괴 또는 내경동맥의 동맥류등으로 인하여 내경동맥의 결찰이 필요한 환자에 있어서 객관적인 관점에서 수술전에 영구적인 내경동맥의 결찰의 안전성에 관하여 $^{99m}Tc$-HMPAO 뇌 SPECT를 이용하여 보고자 하였다. 내경동맥의 결찰이 고려되는 24명의 두개기저나 경부종괴 환자를 대상으로 하였다. 저자들은 풍선 시험 결찰술 시행전과 시행중의 양측 중대뇌동맥 영역의 섭취정도를 $^{99m}Tc$-HMPAO 뇌 SPECT를 이용하여 비교해보았고 이러한 결과를 신경학적 검사, 경동맥 스텀프압 고리고 뇌전도검사등과 비교해 보았다. 대상환자중 19명의 환자에서는 풍선 시험 결찰술 동안 신경학적 이상등의 문제들을 경험하지 않았고 이들에 있어 중대뇌동맥영역의 섭취정도는 결찰술 시행전에 비교하여 95-101%에 해당하였다. 나머지 5명의 환자에서는 일과성 반신마비와 의식소실등의 심한 신경학적 증상을 보였고 이들에 있어 중대뇌동맥 영역의 섭취정도는 시행전에 비하여 77-85%에 해당하였으며 다른 검사결과와도 잘 부합되었다. 결론적으로 풍선시험결찰술 시행전과 시행중의 $^{99m}Tc$-HMPAO 뇌 SPECT는 중대뇌동맥영역의 섭취가 시행전에 비교하여 85%이하인 경우 영구적인 신경학적 결손을 예측할 수 있는 간단하고 객관적인 방법이 될 수 있을 것으로 생각한다.

• 대한두경부종양학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.226-229
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• 2011

Knowledge of variations of veins of head and neck in relation to internal jugular, external jugular, anterior jugular and facial veins is important to surgeons doing head and neck surgery as well as to radiologists doing catheterization and to clinicians in general. In the current case, congenital atresia of the left internal jugular vein is reported. During neck dissection, superficial veins of neck and left external jugular vein was engorged and the left internal jugular vein was look like a fibrotic band. The left common carotid artery and vagus nerve was normal.

• 대한핵의학회지
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.47-52
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• 1986

A noninvasive procedure for diagnosis and quantitation of right-to-left intracardiac shunts will enhance the management of patients with cyanotic congenital heart disease. This study describes an application of radionuclide (RN) angiocardiography for quantitation of right-to-left shunt amount. Gamma variate model was fitted to radionuclide data recorded over the carotid artery. Data analysis was performed retrospectively in 35 patients who underwent cardiac catheterization within a week from the day of RN angiocardiography. Thirty one of the patient had right-to-left shunts and 4 of them had left-to-right shunts. Both the radionuclide and Fick measurements correlated well (r=0.93, 0.93, 0.89, p<0.01 in each measurements). Therefore, RN angiocardiography data may be used for accurate calculation of right-to-left shunts in cyanotic congenital heart disease patients.