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| 1 | Incidental extravascular findings in computed tomographic angiography for planning or monitoring endovascular aortic aneurysm repair: Smoker patients, increased lung cancer prevalence?显示文摘AIM To validate the feasibility of high resolution computed tomography(HRCT) of the lung prior to computed tomography angiography(CTA) in assessing incidental thoracic findings during endovascular aortic aneurysm repair(EVAR) planning or follow-up.METHODS We conducted a retrospective study among 181 patients(143 men, mean age 71 years, range 50-94) referred to our centre for CTA EVAR planning or followup. HRCT and CTA were performed before or after 1 or 12 mo respectively to EVAR in all patients. All HRCT examinations were reviewed by two radiologists with 15 and 8 years experience in thoracic imaging. The results were compared with histology, bronchoscopy or follow-up HRCT in 12, 8 and 82 nodules respectively. RESULTS There were a total of 102 suspected nodules in 92 HRCT examinations, with a mean of 1.79 nodules per patient and an average diameter of 9.2 mm(range 4-56 mm). Eightynine out of 181 HRCTs resulted negative for the presence of suspected nodules with a mean smoking history of 10 pack-years(p-y, range 5-18 p-y). Eighty-two out of 102(76.4%) of the nodules met criteria for computed tomography follow-up, to exclude the malignant evolution. Of the remaining 20 nodules, 10 out of 20(50%) nodules, suspected for malignancy, underwent biopsy and then surgical intervention that confirmed the neoplastic nature: 4(20%) adenocarcinomas, 4(20%) squamous cell carcinomas, 1(5%) small cell lung cancer and 1(5%) breast cancer metastasis); 8 out of 20(40%) underwent bronchoscopy(8 pneumonia) and 2 out of 20(10%) underwent biopsy with the diagnosis of sarcoidosis.CONCLUSION HRCT in EVAR planning and follow-up allows to correctly identify patients requiring additional treatments, especially in case of lung cancer. | Maria Antonietta Mazzei Susanna Guerrini Francesco Gentili Giuseppe Galzerano Francesco Setacci Domenico Benevento Francesco Giuseppe Mazzei Luca Volterrani Carlo Setacci | 2017 | World Journal of Radiology2017，9，7： | 3 |
| 2 | Follow-up of endovascular aortic aneurysm repair:Preliminary validation of digital tomosynthesis and contrast enhanced ultrasound in detection of medium- to long-term complications显示文摘AIM: To validate the feasibility of digital tomosynthesis of the abdomen(DTA) combined with contrast enhanced ultrasound(CEUS) in assessing complications after endovascular aortic aneurysm repair(EVAR) by using computed tomography angiography(CTA) as the gold standard.METHODS: For this prospective study we enrolled 163 patients(123 men; mean age, 65.7 years) referred for CTA for EVAR follow-up. CTA, DTA and CEUS were performed at 1 and 12 mo in all patients, with a maximum time interval of 2 d.RESULTS: Among 163 patients 33 presented complications at CTA. DTA and CTA correlated for the presence of complications in 32/33(96.96%) patients and for the absence of complications in 127/130(97.69%) patients; the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value(PPV), negative predictive value(NPV) and accuracy of DTA were 97%, 98%, 91%, 99%, and 98%, respectively. CEUS and CTA correlated for the presence of complications in 19/33(57.57%) patients and for the absence of complications in 129/130(99.23%) patients; the sensitivity, specificity, PPV, NPV and accuracy of CEUS were 58%, 99%, 95%, 90%, and 91%, respectively. Sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of combining DTA and CEUS together in detecting EVAR complications were 77%, 98% and 95%, respectively.CONCLUSION: Combining DTA and CEUS in EVAR follow-up has the potential to limit the use of CTA only in doubtful cases. | Maria Antonietta Mazzei Susanna Guerrini Francesco Giuseppe Mazzei Nevada Cioffi Squitieri Dario Notaro Gianmarco de Donato Giuseppe Galzerano Palmino Sacco Francesco Setacci Luca Volterrani Carlo Setacci | 2016 | World Journal of Radiology2016，8，5： | 1 |
| 3 | The combination of surgical embolectomy and endovascular techniques may improve outcomes of patients with acute lower limb ischemia显示文摘 | Gianmarco de Donato Francesco Setacci Pasqualino Sirignano Giuseppe Galzerano Rosaria Massaroni Carlo Setacci | 2013 | Journal of Vascular Surgery2013，，： | 1 |
| 4 | Immediate and Two-year Outcomes after EVAR in “On-label” and “Off-label” Neck Anatomies Using Different Commercially Available Devices. Analysis of the Experience of Two Italian Vascular Centers显示文摘 | Francesco Speziale Pasqualino Sirignano Francesco Setacci Danilo Menna Laura Capoccia Wassim Mansour Giuseppe Galzerano Carlo Setacci | 2014 | Annals of Vascular Surgery2014，，： | 1 |
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