Airway wall structure assessed by endobronchial ultrasonography and bronchial hyperresponsiveness in patients with asthma
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金沢大学医薬保健研究域医学系
Background and Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between the wall structure assessed by using endobronchial ultrasonography (EBUS) and bronchial hyperresponsiveness in patients with asthma. Methods: Twenty-four patients with stable asthma and 11 individuals without asthma were studied. EBUS was performed with a radial 20-MHz ultrasonic probe inserted into the intermediate bronchus undergoing flexible bronchoscopy to assess the airway wall structure. The percentage of airway wall thickness {WT%; defined as [(ideal outer diameter-ideal luminal diameter)/ideal outer diameter] × 100} was determined by EBUS. We measured bronchial hyperresponsiveness to methacholine [the provocative concentration of methacholine causing a decrease of 20% or more in forced expiratory volume in 1 s (PC20)]. Results: Percentage wall thickness measured by EBUS was significantly greater in patients with asthma than that in subjects without asthma (P < 0.01). The evaluation of the laminar structure using EBUS indicated that the thickness of the second layer in patients with asthma was greater than that in subjects without asthma (P < 0.05). PC20 was negatively correlated with the thickness of the second layer (r=0.52, P < 0.01) but was not significantly correlated with other layers in patients with asthma. Conclusions: The evaluation of the bronchial mural structure using EBUS might be advantageous for assessing the relationship between airway wall remodeling and bronchial hyperresponsiveness. © 2010 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
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- Journal of Bronchology
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Journal of Bronchology 17 (4), 301-306, 2010-10-01
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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- CRID
- 1050845760883997568
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- NII論文ID
- 120002772010
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- NII書誌ID
- AA11016143
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- ISSN
- 10708030
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- http://hdl.handle.net/2297/26248
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- en
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- journal article
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