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1996 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Development of real-time two-dimensional ultrasonic myocardial tissue characterization to assess myocardial molecular characteristics.

Research Project

Project/Area Number 07507002
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section試験
Research Field Circulatory organs internal medicine
Research InstitutionOsaka University

Principal Investigator

TAKEDA Hiroshi  Osaka University, Hospital, Associate professor, 医学部・附属病院, 助教授 (20127252)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) HORI Masatsugu  Osaka University, School of Medicine, Professor, 医学部, 教授 (20124779)
BEPPU Shintaro  Osaka University, School of Medicine, Professor, 医学部, 教授 (40113500)
MASUYAMA Tohru  Osaka University, School of Medicine, Assistant Professor, 医学部, 助手 (70273670)
Project Period (FY) 1995 – 1996
KeywordsUltrasound / Myocardium / Tissue characterization
Research Abstract

We clarified that indexes derived from ultrasonic myocardial tissue characterization well reflected myocardial molecular characteristics and myocardial fibrosis in animal studies. A clinical study with patients with myocardial infarction has demonstrated that the ultrasonic indexes correlated with myocardial viability assessed with myocardial scintigraphy. In addition, the transmural trend of the indexes was different between patients with transmural myocardial infarction and those with non-transmural infarction. A study with patients with dilated cardiomyopathy showed that 75% of the patients had abnormal indexes at rest, and that the indexes at rest correlated with the degree of myocardial fibrosis assessed by myocardial histology. In the patients whose indexes at rest were not abnormal, the indexes provided abnormal responses to dobutamine stress test as compared with normal subjects. The current results suggest that ultrasonic myocardial tissue characterization is useful in non-invasive and cost-effective assessment of myocardial viability and the degree of fibrosis, ad that its clinical utility is likely to be enhanced by a combination with some stress tests. Future studies remain necessary to establish its clinical utility in diagnosis of cardiovascular disease, determination of therapeutic strategy, assessment of effects of therapy and prediction of prognosis.

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All Publications (12 results)

  • [Publications] Naito J: "Ultrasonic myocardial tissue characterization in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy : Value in noninvasive assessment of myocardial fibrosis" American Heart Journal. 131. 115-121 (1996)

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  • [Publications] Naito J: "Influence of preload, afterload and contractility on myocardial ultrasonic tissue characterization with integrated backscatter" Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. 22. 305-312 (1996)

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  • [Publications] Naito J: "Myocardial integrated ultrasonic backscatter in patients with old myocardial infarction : comparison with radionuclide evaluation" American Heart Journal. 132. 54-60 (1996)

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  • [Publications] Naito J: "Dobutamine stress ultrasonic myocardial tissue characterization in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy" Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography. 9. 470-479 (1996)

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  • [Publications] Naito J: "Analysis of transmural trend of myocardial integrated ultrasonic backscatter in patients with old myocardial infarction" Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology. 22. 807-814 (1996)

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  • [Publications] 栗原 敏修: "超音波Integrated Backscatterを用いた心筋組織性状と心筋繊維化との関連-心筋症自然発症ハムスターにおける検討-" 超音波医学(Supplement II). 22. 43- (1995)

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  • [Publications] Naito J,Masuyama T,Mano T,Kondo H,Yamamoto K,Nagano R,Doi Y,Hori M,Kamada T: "Ultrasonic myocardial tissue characterization in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy : Value in noninvasive assessment of myocardial fibrosis." Am Heart J. 131. 115-121 (1996)

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  • [Publications] Naito J,Masuyama T,Mano T,Yamamoto K,Doi Y,Kondo H,Nagano R,Inoue M.Hori M: "Influence of preload, afterload and contractility on myocardial ultrasonic tissue characterization with integrated backscatter." Ultrasound Med Biol. 22. 305-312 (1996)

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  • [Publications] Naito J,Masuyama T,Yamamoto K,Mano T,Kondo H,Nagano R,Doi Y,Morozumi T,Ito H,Fujii K,Hori M,Kamada T: "Myocardial integrated ultrasonic backscatter in patients with old myocardial infarction : comparison with radionuclide evaluation." Am Heart J. 132. 54-60 (1996)

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  • [Publications] Naito J,Masuyama T,Mano T,Kondo H,Doi Y,Yamamoto K,Nagano R,Hori M,Inoue M,Kamada T: "Doubutamine stress ultrasonic myocardial tissue characterization in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy." J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 9. 470-479 (1996)

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  • [Publications] Naito J,Masuyama T,Mano T,Kondo H,Yamamoto K,Nagano R,Inoue M,Hori M: "Analysis of transmural trend of myocardial integrated iltrasonic backscatter in patients with old myocardial infarction." Ultrasound Med Biol. 22. 807-814 (1996)

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  • [Publications] Kurihara T,Nagano R,Doi Y,Naito J,Masuyama T,Mano T,Kondo H,Inoue M,Hori M,Kamada T: "Relationship between myocardial tissue characterization evaluated by ultrasonic integrated backscatter and myocardial fibrosis-assessment in cardiomyopathic hamster (BIO 14.6)." Jpn J Med Ultrasonics. 22 (Supple II). 43 (1995)

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