Publications by authors named "M G R De Maeseneer"
Background: Inadvertent intra-arterial injection of sclerosants is an uncommon adverse event of both ultrasound-guided and direct vision sclerotherapy. This complication can result in significant tissue or limb loss and significant long-term morbidity.
Objectives: To provide recommendations for diagnosis and immediate management of an unintentional intra-arterial injection of sclerosing agents.
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- CCTA and FFRCT show high accuracy in diagnosing coronary artery disease, matching the results of the invasive coronary angiography (ICA), which is considered the gold standard.
- Differentiating between total and subtotal coronary occlusions is essential for deciding the best treatment, as subtotal occlusions can sometimes appear as total ones in ICA.
- In a case report, CCTA indicated a subtotal occlusion with vulnerable tissue, while ICA suggested a total occlusion; this led to successful diagnosis and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) after using vasodilators to improve imaging.
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- - A study examined 1492 outpatients with suspected coronary artery disease using computed tomography-derived fractional flow reserve analysis to understand how vessel morphology impacts results.
- - Two case studies highlighted that despite similar vessel lengths and plaque volumes, significant differences in lumen volume and fractional flow reserve values were observed between the patients.
- - The findings suggest that computed tomography-derived fractional flow reserve is influenced by factors beyond just vessel length and plaque characteristics, including lumen volume and overall vessel shape.
Objectives: Computed tomography (CT)-derived fractional flow reserve (FFR) decreases continuously from proximal to distal segments of the vessel due to the influence of various factors even in non-obstructive coronary artery disease (NOCAD). It is known that FFR is dependent on vessel-length, but the relationship with other vessel morphologies remains to be explained.
Purpose: To investigate morphological aspects of the vessels that influence FFR in NOCAD in the right coronary artery (RCA).
Fractional flow reserve derived from computed tomography decreases across severe coronary stenosis. The diagnostic accuracy of fractional flow reserve-derived computed tomography is high for severe coronary stenosis. In this report, we present a case of no significant fractional flow reserve-derived computed tomography changes even in severe coronary stenosis.
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