2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Assessment of the carotid plaque vulnerability and stabilization
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21591847
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Cerebral neurosurgery
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| Research Institution | Nagasaki University |
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Principal Investigator |
NAGATA Izumi 長崎大学, 大学院・医歯薬学総合研究科, 教授 (10198327)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
HAYASHI Kentaro 長崎大学, 大学院・医歯薬学総合研究科, 講師 (40404222)
HORIE Nobutaka 長崎大学, 大学院・医歯薬学総合研究科, 助教 (70380912)
BABA Shiro 長崎大学, 大学院・医歯薬学総合研究科, 講師 (30530430)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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| Keywords | 脳梗塞 / 頸動脈狭窄 / 不安定プラーク / MRI / CT |
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| Research Abstract |
Carotid atherosclerosis is one of the major causes of cerebral stroke. This can contribute to hemodynamic impairment in the intracranial circulation, as well as artery to artery embolisms. Recently, studies on carotid atherosclerotic plaques have revealed that plaque morphology could be an important additional feature in the risk assessment of patients with carotid stenosis. Certain morphological features of carotid plaques, such as a large lipid rich necrotic core, intraplaque hemorrhage, neovascularization, inflammation, or thin fibrous caps are increasingly reported to be associated with a heightened risk of stroke. Therefore, the concept of the vulnerable or high risk plaque, initially derived from coronary studies, has been increasingly shown to be applicable in the carotid circulation. In this study, we reported multi-modal assessment of the plaque vulnerability to detect high risk patient for stroke.
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Research Products
(13 results)
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[Journal Article]2011
Author(s)
Nobutaka Horie, Kentaro Hayashi, Minoru Morikawa, Gohei So, Kazuhiko Suyama, Izumi Nagata
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Journal Title
Neurosonology
Volume: 24
Pages: 20
Peer Reviewed
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