With great interest, we read the article by Uotani and colleagues1 in the February issue of
the American Journal of Neuroradiology. The authors compared intravenous and intra …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: CT and MR angiographies have been reported to
visualize the artery of Adamkiewicz (AKA) noninvasively to prevent spinal cord ischemia in …

Preoperative imaging of the artery of Adamkiewicz has recently received renewed interest
due to technical improvements of noninvasive techniques. Localization of this artery is …

OBJECTIVE: Preoperative knowledge of the blood-supplying trajectory to the spinal cord is
of interest, because spinal cord ischemia may occur during thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) …

INTRODUCTION: Preoperative knowledge of the spinal cord (SC) vasculature could be
useful for stratifying and decreasing the risk of perioperative paraplegia after thoracic and …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Our purpose was to evaluate the visualization of the artery
of Adamkiewicz (AKA) and the anterior spinal artery (ASA) by using multi-detector row CT …

Purpose The purpose of this work was to investigate the ability of MR angiography (MRA) to
visualize the Adamkiewicz artery (AKA) as a preoperative study of thoracic aortic aneurysm …

Purpose Preoperative identification of the artery of Adamkiewicz can help prevent
postoperative spinal cord injury following thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic repair …

When the intercostal and lumbar arteries are occluded by plaque or thrombus, spinal cord
perfusion depends on collateral circulation. Some reports have demonstrated collateral …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Preprocedural identification of the Adamkiewicz artery is
crucial in patients with aortic diseases. This study aimed to compare 70-kV CTA with …