The authors used an animal model to evaluate residual endoleak and thrombus organisation with shear wave imaging after endoleak embolisation. Using eight dogs with 16 iliac aneurysms and type I endoleak after endovascular aneurysm repair, the authors concluded that SWI was able to identify endoleak, thrombus maturation, and embolising agents.

Article: Shear wave elasticity imaging for residual endoleak and thrombus characterisation after endoleak embolisation following endovascular aneurysm repair: a canine animal study

Authors: Antony Bertrand-Grenier, Fatemeh Zehtabi, Sophie Lerouge, Husain Alturkistani, Claude Kauffmann, Paule Bodson-Clermont, Igor Salazkin, Hélène Héon, Guy Cloutier and Gilles Soule