Paraskevas Kosmas I, Tzovaras Alexandros A, Stathopoulos Vassilios, Gentimi Fotini, Mikhailidis Dimitri P
Department of Vascular Surgery, Red Cross Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Open Cardiovasc Med J. 2010 Apr 8;4:117-9. doi: 10.2174/1874192401004010117.
The main criterion for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair is an AAA diameter >/=5.5 cm. However, some AAAs rupture when they are smaller. Size alone may therefore not be a sufficient criterion to determine rupture risk. Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake is increased in the presence of inflammation and it was suggested that this may be a better predictor of rupture risk than AAA size. Furthermore, increased FDG uptake following endovascular AAA repair may be an indirect predictor of continuous AAA sac enlargement due to the presence of an endoleak (even if this is not detected by imaging modalities) and/or increased AAA rupture risk. The role of FDG uptake needs to be explored further in the management of AAAs.
腹主动脉瘤(AAA)修复的主要标准是AAA直径≥5.5厘米。然而,一些AAA在较小时就会破裂。因此,仅尺寸可能不是确定破裂风险的充分标准。在存在炎症的情况下,氟脱氧葡萄糖(FDG)摄取会增加,有人认为这可能比AAA尺寸更能预测破裂风险。此外,血管内AAA修复后FDG摄取增加可能是由于存在内漏(即使影像学检查未检测到)和/或AAA破裂风险增加导致AAA瘤腔持续扩大的间接预测指标。FDG摄取在AAA的管理中的作用需要进一步探索。