Dynamic contrast-enhanced ultrasound and transient arterial occlusion for quantification of arterial perfusion reserve in peripheral arterial disease

Amarteifio E, Wormsbecher S, Krix M, et al (Univ Hosp of Heidelberg, Germany; et al) Eur J Radiol 81:3332-3338, 2012^§

Abstract

Objective

To quantify muscular micro-perfusion and arterial perfusion reserve in peripheral arterial disease (PAD) with dynamic contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) and transient arterial occlusion.

Materials and Methods

This study had local institutional review board approval and written informed consent was obtained from all subjects. We examined the dominant lower leg of 40 PAD Fontaine stage IIb patients (mean age, 65 years) and 40 healthy volunteers (mean age, 54 years) with CEUS (7 MHz; MI, 0.28) during continuous intravenous infusion of 4.8 mL microbubbles. Transient arterial occlusion at mid-thigh level simulated physical exercise. With time–CEUS–intensity curves obtained from regions of interest within calf muscles, we derived the maximum CEUS signal after occlusion (max) and its time (t_max), slope to maximum (m), vascular response after occlusion (AUC_post), and analysed accuracy, receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves, and correlations with ankle-brachial index (ABI) and walking distance.

Results

All parameters differed in PAD and volunteers (p < 0.014). In PAD, t_max was delayed (31.2 ± 13.6 vs. 16.7 ± 8.5 s, p < 0.0001) and negatively correlated with ankle-brachial-index (r = −0.65). m was decreased in PAD (4.3 ± 4.6 mL/s vs. 13.1 ± 8.4 mL/s, p < 0.0001) and had highest diagnostic accuracy (sensitivity/specificity, 75%/93%) for detection of diminished muscular micro-perfusion in PAD (cut-off value, m < 5∼mL/s). Discriminant analysis and ROC curves revealed m, and AUC_post as optimal parameter combination for diagnosing PAD and therefore impaired arterial perfusion reserve.

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