o bjectives: to determine the diagnostic accuracy of magnetic resonance angiography (mra) compared to intra-arterial digital subtraction angiography (dsa) in detection of intracranial aneurysms in those suffering from acute subarachnoid hemorrhage (sah). m e thods: this observational diagnostic study was performed at a tertiary teaching hospital and reference center in shiraz, iran. we included...

A 57 year old female presented with acute onset headache started from 1 month before the current visit. The headache was located on the left frontotemporal area and had increased during the month. On brain CT scan, there were bilateral round hyperdense lesions in the sylvian fissure which were flow void on brain MRI indicating aneurysms. Brain DSA (digital subtraction angiography) was performed...

Three-dimensional (3D) digital subtraction angiography (DSA) is the latest development in the neurovascular imaging armamentarium. 3D-DSA combines the anatomic resolution of DSA with 3D visualization abilities previously offered by only CT or MR angiography. 3D-DSA provides more detailed information than does DSA alone in the evaluation of neurovascular lesions, such as cerebral aneurysms. Howe...

Recent progress in digital subtraction angiography (DSA) devices makes it possible to perform rotational angiography with high resolution and high sensitivity. We tried intravenous (IV) 3D DSA in patients who had undergone MR angiography (MRA) suggestive of unruptured intracranial aneurysms. IV 3D DSA can be used as an alternative method for imaging unruptured intracranial aneurysms suggested o...

BACKGROUND In order to declare the preoperative diagnostic value of brain aneurysms, two radiological modalities, computed tomographic angiography and digital subtraction angiography were compared. METHODS In this descriptive analytic study, diagnostic value of computed tomographic angiography (CTA) was compared with digital subtraction angiography (DSA). Sensitivity, specificity, positive an...

Patients with atherosclerotic cerebrovascular disease were studied to determine the radiation exposure associated with conventional and digital subtraction angiography of the cerebral vessels. The median exposure-area product was 3198 R cm2 (range, 616-5665 R cm2) in the conventional angiography group and 1831 R cm2 (range, 366-4198 R cm2) in the IV digital subtraction angiography (DSA) group. ...