Clinical Implications of Ultrasonic Tissue Characterization for Atherosclerotic Carotid Intima-Media.

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  • Takiuchi Shin
    Department of Geriatric Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine
  • Rakugi Hiromi
    Department of Geriatric Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine
  • Masuyama Tohru
    The Department of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine
  • Yanagitani Yoshihiro
    Department of Geriatric Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine
  • Moriguchi Koichi
    Department of Geriatric Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine
  • Higaki Jitsuo
    Department of Geriatric Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine
  • Ogihara Toshio
    Department of Geriatric Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine

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  • Ｉｎｔｅｇｒａｔｅｄ　ｂａｃｋｓｃａｔｔｅｒ解析を用いた超音波診断法による動脈壁内膜中膜複合体の加齢による変化の検討
  • Integrated backscatter カイセキ オ モチイタ チョウオンパ シンダンホウ ニ ヨル ドウミャクヘキ ナイマク チュウ マク フクゴウタイ ノ カレイ ニ ヨル ヘンカ ノ ケントウ

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Current imaging modalities, such as ultrasonic tissue characterization, have enabled accurate determination of the composition of atherosclerotic plaque of excised aortic tissue. The aim of this study is to compare integrated backscatter (IBS) echo signals of the intima-media complex of human carotid arteries between young and elderly subjects, and to evaluate the ability of ultrasonic tissue characterization. We compared the difference in ultrasonic parameters between the carotid arteries of young healthy subjects (n=27, 25±1y.o.) and elderly subjects (n=55, 75±4y.o.). Intima-media thickness (IMT) and calibrated IBS value (C-IBS: Tissue IBS-vessel lumen IBS value) were measured. The IMT values of young and elderly subjects were 0.54±0.03 and 1.08±0.07mm, respectively (p<0.01). C-IBS of elderly subjects (11.7±0.8dB) was significantly higher than that of young subjects (6.9±0.7dB). Significantly wider standard deviation of C-IBS value in each individual was observed in elderly subjects (mean±SE of individual standard deviation in C-IBS: 4.2±0.9dB) compared with that in young subjects (1.7±0.3dB). This might reflect varied composition of atherosclerotic plaques in elderly subjects. IBS analysis would become a promising method to distinguish plaque composition quantitatively and to assess the stability of plaques in clinical setting.

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