2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Investigation of Comprehensive Cardiac CT method for Metabolic syndrome
| Project/Area Number |
20790873
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Radiation science
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| Research Institution | Hokkaido University |
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Principal Investigator |
OYAMA Noriko Hokkaido University, 北海道大学病院, 助教 (70463742)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2009
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| Keywords | メタボリック症候群 / 内臓脂肪 / 心臓CT |
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| Research Abstract |
Pericardial adipose tissue has been demonstrated to reflect intra-abdominal visceral fat. We reported the significant association between pericardial and abdominal visceral adipose tissue volumes. Pericardial fat volume obtained from cardiac CT correlated well with BMI and abdominal visceral fat area, too. We sought to investigate whether a single-slice fat area measurement would allow accurate determination of the entire pericardiac fat burden, like the determination with the single-slice measurement of abdominal visceral fat. Pericardial fat volume could be estimated by pericardial fat measurements at several anatomical landmarks. Single-slice area measurements may serve as a rapidly determined, robust surrogate for pericardial fat volume without the need for time-consuming volumetric pericardial fat analysis.
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