| Literature DB >> 19394556 |
Maarten Truijers1, Jillis A Pol, Harrie Kurvers, Sebastian Bredie, Wim J Oyen, Jan D Blankensteijn.
Abstract
Preoperative positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) was performed in 26 consecutive patients considered fit for aneurysm repair. Besides information on aneurysm wall pathology, PET/CT identified 6 patients with concomitant malignancy. As a result of this coincidental finding, the operation was postponed in 2 patients and cancelled in 1. Although previous studies have shown that PET/CT might affect patient selection based on aneurysm wall inflammation, our preliminary results show a big impact on patient management as a result of the sensitivity of PET/CT for detecting malignancy. Future larger studies are warranted to investigate the effect and cost effectiveness of routine PET/CT in abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) patients.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID： 19394556 DOI： 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.12.001
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Vasc Surg ISSN： 0741-5214 Impact factor: 4.268