Contrast-enhanced Ultrasound in Follow-up After Endovascular Aneurysm Repair

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Status

Terminated

Conditions

Endoleak

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT01843335

2013/359/REKnord

Details and patient eligibility

About

X-ray computed tomography imaging (CT) is routinely used in follow-up after endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR). Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) has been shown to give accurate information about endoleak after EVAR. Benefits of CEUS over CT include less radiation exposure, avoidance of renal function deterioration due to repeated X-ray contrast agent application and decrease in the cost of EVAR follow-up. This study is designed to investigate if results from literature are reproducible in St Olavs Hospital in Trondheim (Norway), to gain experience with the technique and to introduce CEUS as an alternative for detection of endoleak in this hospital.

Enrollment

30 patients

Sex

All

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria