Evaluation of the Clinical Significance of Fluorescence Videoangiography With Indocyanine-Green
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
The aim of the study is to compare the diagnostic value of this non-invasive vascular imaging tool with the established vascular diagnostic methods for PAD in order to get prognostic data.
A higher sensitivity of Fluorescence angiography in order to recognize progression of critical limb ischemia could lead to earlier therapeutic interventions and thereby increase limb salvage. A diagnostic gap would be closed.
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Detailed Description
Critical limb ischemia (CLI) occurs when the peripheral microcirculation is impaired by arterial stenoses or occlusions. In opposite to earlier studies that only evaluated intermittent claudication due to peripheral arterial disease (PAD), rest pain and trophic changes in the affected extremity are due to reduced microcirculation. Though the main reason for CLI is the existing PAD, many processes responsible for pain and other pad-associated symptoms are triggered by a reduced microcirculation so that attempts to enhance the dermal perfusion by pharmacological or other manipulations may ameliorate the results of vascular treatment. These attempts may be the best options for patients, in which vascular surgery was not successful or primarily impossible.
A Laser-induced fluorescence videoangiography is currently being used in ophthalmology to display the vessels of the eye background. Due to technical improvements, it has become a standard procedure. This trial aims at establishing laser-induced fluorescence videoangiography as standard procedure in vascular surgery. This would be of benefit for the patient as the technique does not require the use of ionising radiation and is possible for patients suffering to renal failure.
Study Design
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- Diagnostic Quality of the fluorescence -videoangiography at patients with PAD [one year]
Secondary Outcome Measures
- Correlation of the results of fluorescence videoangiography, ankle-brachial-index, i.a. DSA, clinical examination [one year]
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
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Patient > 18 years
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Chronical ischemia of extremities, Rutherford categories 4, 5 and 6 with indication for vascular reconstruction
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Acute danger of extremity loss due tue ischemia with indication for vascular surgery
Exclusion Criteria:
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Patient < 18 years
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Informed consent not signed
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Patient has a MRSA infection
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Patient has an iodine allergy
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Pregnant female Patient
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Known anaphylactic reactions after injections of contrast media or indocyanine green
Contacts and Locations
Locations
No locations specified.Sponsors and Collaborators
- Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Hospital
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Thomas Schmitz-Rixen, MD, Professor, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Hospital
Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Publications
- Armstrong PA, Bandyk DF, Wilson JS, Shames ML, Johnson BL, Back MR. Optimizing infrainguinal arm vein bypass patency with duplex ultrasound surveillance and endovascular therapy. J Vasc Surg. 2004 Oct;40(4):724-30; discussion 730-1.
- Heise M, Krüger U, Settmacher U, Sklenar S, Neuhaus P, Scholz H. A new method of intraoperative hydraulic impedance measurement provides valuable prognostic information about infrainguinal graft patency. J Vasc Surg. 1999 Aug;30(2):301-8.
- Holm C, Mayr M, Höfter E, Becker A, Pfeiffer UJ, Mühlbauer W. Intraoperative evaluation of skin-flap viability using laser-induced fluorescence of indocyanine green. Br J Plast Surg. 2002 Dec;55(8):635-44.
- Johnson BL, Bandyk DF, Back MR, Avino AJ, Roth SM. Intraoperative duplex monitoring of infrainguinal vein bypass procedures. J Vasc Surg. 2000 Apr;31(4):678-90.
- Mothes H, Dönicke T, Friedel R, Simon M, Markgraf E, Bach O. Indocyanine-green fluorescence video angiography used clinically to evaluate tissue perfusion in microsurgery. J Trauma. 2004 Nov;57(5):1018-24.
- Raabe A, Beck J, Gerlach R, Zimmermann M, Seifert V. Near-infrared indocyanine green video angiography: a new method for intraoperative assessment of vascular flow. Neurosurgery. 2003 Jan;52(1):132-9; discussion 139.
- Rutherford RB, Baker JD, Ernst C, Johnston KW, Porter JM, Ahn S, Jones DN. Recommended standards for reports dealing with lower extremity ischemia: revised version. J Vasc Surg. 1997 Sep;26(3):517-38. Erratum in: J Vasc Surg 2001 Apr;33(4):805.
- Wölfle KD, Hepp W. "Intraoperative Qualitätssicherung". In: Gefäßchirurgie. Hrsg. Von Hepp W. u. Kogel. München, Jena 2000, S. 117-125
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