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. 2025 Aug;34(8):108361.
doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2025.108361. Epub 2025 May 27.

Usefulness of non-contrast-enhanced ultrashort echo time magnetic resonance angiography for assessing cerebral aneurysms after woven endobridge device treatment

Yasuhiko Nariai  1 , Tomoji Takigawa  2 , Kazuma Sasaki  3 , Akio Hyodo  4 , Kensuke Suzuki  5
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Usefulness of non-contrast-enhanced ultrashort echo time magnetic resonance angiography for assessing cerebral aneurysms after woven endobridge device treatment

Yasuhiko Nariai et al. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2025 Aug.
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Abstract

Background and objectives: Digital subtraction angiography (DSA) is the gold standard follow-up modality for assessing aneurysm occlusion state after Woven EndoBridge (WEB; MicroVention/Terumo, Aliso Viejo, CA, USA) treatment. However, because of the invasiveness of DSA, time-of-flight (TOF) magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) is also used, although it has limited diagnostic accuracy: signal loss in MRA due to the WEB device hinders clear assessment of aneurysm remnants post-treatment. This study aimed to determine whether the non-contrast-enhanced (non-CE) ultrashort echo time (UTE)-MRA sequence, with its ability to reduce metal-induced susceptibility artifacts in MRA, is a reliable follow-up modality to assess aneurysm occlusion status after WEB device treatment.

Materials and methods: From June 2024 to February 2025 at our institution, 12 consecutive patients with 14 aneurysms underwent TOF-MRA, UTE-MRA, and DSA for occlusion assessment 6 months after WEB treatment. Angiographic assessments were independently performed by two observers using the WEB Occlusion Scale (WOS). Visibility of the parent vessel at the WEB placement site in TOF-MRA and UTE-MRA was also evaluated.

Results: According to DSA, the rates of WOS grade A/B (complete occlusion), C, and D aneurysms were 64.3 %, 28.6 %, and 7.1 %, respectively. Regarding intermodality agreement between TOF-MRA and DSA, the κ coefficient was 0.19, indicative of poor agreement. Intermodality agreement between UTE-MRA and DSA was excellent (κ = 0.88). The parent vessel adjacent to the WEB device tended to be visible more often with UTE-MRA (85.7 %) than with TOF-MRA (50.0 %) (p = 0.10).

Conclusions: Non-CE UTE-MRA may be a reliable and less invasive imaging modality after WEB treatment.

Keywords: Cerebral aneurysm; Signal loss; Ultrashort echo time magnetic resonance angiography; Woven EndoBridge device.

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