[Surgical significance of quantitative assessment of carotid artery tortuosity].

Abstract

Objective: To compare sensitivity and specificity of various methods for quantitative assessment of carotid artery tortuosity.

Material and methods: The study included 41 patients with carotid artery tortuosity confirmed by CT angiography.

Results: All 3 mathematical models for quantitative assessment of carotid artery tortuosity demonstrated high sensitivity and specificity: model 1 - 80.0% sensitivity and 100.0% specificity; model 2 - 90.5% sensitivity and 93.3% specificity; model 3 - 86.7% sensitivity and 93.3% specificity.

Conclusion: All three mathematical models are valid for quantitative assessment of carotid artery tortuosity. The third method is the most convenient and quickest, as it requires only two parameters for calculation.