Effect of C-arm angiographic CT on transcatheter arterial chemoembolization of liver tumors

J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2007 Oct;18(10):1305-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2007.07.006.

Abstract

Rotational C-arm angiographic computed tomography (CT) with a flat-panel radiography unit permits three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction of soft tissues and blood vessels. The usefulness of this C-arm technique during transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) is unknown. The authors analyzed the role of the C-arm technique in 18 patients with unresectable liver tumors during TACE. The technique altered the catheter position anticipated by attending interventional radiologists in seven of the 18 patients (39%; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 20%, 61%) and improved the diagnostic confidence in the selected catheter position in 14 of the 18 patients (78%; 95% CI: 55%, 91%). The technique provides CT-like images that are useful to interventional radiologists during TACE.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Angiography
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / diagnostic imaging*
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / therapy
  • Chemoembolization, Therapeutic*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional
  • Liver Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Liver Neoplasms / therapy
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Prospective Studies
  • Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted
  • Radiography, Interventional / methods*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*