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Table 4 Evaluation of parent vessel patency

From: The implications of magnetic resonance angiography artifacts caused by different types of intracranial flow diverters

 

Total (n = 85)

Nitinol (n = 55)

Chromium-Cobalt (n = 30)

 

TOF-MRA

DSA

TOF-MRA

DSA

TOF-MRA

DSA

Three-graded scale

Total Occlusiona

13 (15%)

1 (1%)

1 (2%)

1 (2%)

12 (40%)

0

Stenosisb

38 (45%)

7 (8%)

22 (40%)

1 (2%)

16 (53%)

6 (20%)

Patentc

34 (40%)

77 (91%)

32 (58)

53 (96%)

2 (7%)

24 (80%)

Two-graded Simplified Scale

Pathologicala+b

51 (60%)

8 (9%)

23 (42%)

2 (4%)

28 (93%)

6 (20%)

Patentc

34 (40%)

77 (91%)

32 (58%)

53 (96%)

2 (7%)

24 (80%)

  1. a+b The total number of parent arteries that are either “totally occluded" (a) or "stenotic" (b)
  2. c The number of patent parent arteries