カワシマ　アキツグ   Kawashima Akitsugu   川島　明次    所属   医学部 医学科（東京女子医科大学病院）    職種   准教授
論文種別	原著
言語種別	英語
査読の有無	査読あり
表題	Extravascular application of an intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) catheter during carotid endarterectomy to verify distal ends of stenotic lesions.
掲載誌名	正式名：Acta neurochirurgica 略　 称：Acta Neurochir (Wien) ISSNコード：00016268/00016268
掲載区分	国外
巻・号・頁	146(11),pp.1205-1209
著者・共著者	Kawamata T, Okada Y, Kondo S, Kawashima A, Tsutsumi Y, Hori T
発行年月	2004/11
概要	BACKGROUND:Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) has been developed initially for intravascular imaging of coronary arteries to investigate vascular structures. We applied the IVUS catheter extravascularly to the cervical carotid arteries to obtain intra-operative ultrasound images during carotid endarterectomy (CEA). Intra-operative assessments of the distal ends of the stenotic lesions as well as pathological vascular structures are important, not only for exposing the lesions sufficiently but also for placing the shunt system safely.METHOD:An IVUS catheter (3.2 French/30 MHz) was intra-operatively applied close to the outer surface of the cervical carotid arteries during CEA. Ultrasound transection vascular images were obtained in 33 consecutive patients (30 males and 3 females) with a mean age of 66.5 years.FINDINGS:In 32 of 33 cases, extravascular application of IVUS catheter before making arteriotomies correctly depicted the distal ends of the internal carotid artery (ICA) stenotic lesions as a thin layer of vascular wall [0.64 +/- 0.16 mm (mean +/- SD) compared with 1.66 +/- 0.42 mm for carotid plaque] with intravascular blood flow. Based on the IVUS findings, we were able to adequately expose the normal ICA portion distal to the stenotic lesion before making the arteriotomy even in cases with stenotic lesions at very high positions, and to insert shunts safely. Furthermore, the properties of lesions and blood flow were also verified. However, it was difficult to examine the far vascular wall.CONCLUSIONS:Extravascular application of IVUS catheter is efficient for intra-operative evaluation of the distal end of the stenotic lesion especially in cases with stenotic lesions at very high positions and cases in whom pre-operative angiograms did not clearly demonstrate the distal end. The findings also demonstrate the properties of lesions and completeness of CEA.
DOI	10.1007/s00701-004-0383-4
PMID	15375681