Computed Tomography Scan Versus Color Duplex Ultrasound for Surveillance of Endovascular Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm. A Prospective Multicenter Study

Computed Tomography Scan Versus Color Duplex Ultrasound for Surveillance of Endovascular Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm. A Prospective Multicenter Study

Cumulative radiation dose, cost, contrast induced nephrotoxicity and increased demand for computed tomography aortography (CTA) suggest that duplex ultrasonoraphy (DU) may be an alternative to CTA-based surveillance. The investigators compared CTA with DU during endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) follow-up.

Patients undergoing EVAR have radiological follow-up data entered in a prospectively multicenter database. The gold standard test for endoleak detection was CTA. DU interpretation was performed independently of CTA and vice versa.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients who were followed after EVAR, whatever the trademark and the model of the stentgraft (bi-iliac or mono-iliac)
• Age > 18 years old
• Patient with social insurance
• Signature of informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• patients who underwent EVAR with a fenestrated or branched stentgraft
• Obese patients (BMI > 30)
• Patients with severe renal insufficiency (Creatinine Clearance < 30 ml/mn)
• Patients who can't practice both an CT scan with iode injection and duplex ultrasound test over a period of one month