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Study on Relationship Between Intima Medial Thickness and the Plaque in Stroke Patients on Carotid Artery Sonography

뇌경색 환자에서 초음파로 측정한 경동맥 내막-중막두께와 죽상경화반의 관련성에 대한 연구

  • Lee, Mi-Hwa (Philips Korea Clinical Application Specialist Ultrasound) ;
  • Kwon, Duk-Mun (Radiotechnology Daegu Health College) ;
  • Kang, Yeong-Han (Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Daegu Catholic University Hospital)
  • 이미화 (PHILIPS 초음파 임상지원팀) ;
  • 권덕문 (대구보건대학 방사선과) ;
  • 강영한 (대구가톨릭대학교병원 영상의학과)
  • Published : 2009.06.30
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Abstract

The carotid intima-media thickness (IMT) is an early structural marker of the atherosclerotic process and is the only non-invasive test that is currently recommended by the American Heart Association for evaluation of the risk. However, use of this parameter has a limitation because it assumes uniform thickness throughout the blood vessel, whereas atherosclerosis is a focal phenomenon that is confined to intima. In fact, plaque can be found along the atherosclerotic blood vessels even though its value is unknown. The aim of this study is to analyze the carotid plaque and IMT in the stroke patients. We investigated the patients with ischemic stroke, who were admitted to the department of neurology at the Stroke Special Hospital from January to March 2008. After the carotid IMT and plaque were assessed by B-mode ultrasonography, IMT and carotid plaque to risk variables (age, sex) were analyzed. The distribution of CCA IMT was significantly different in terms of age (p = 0.004). Likewise, the distribution of carotid plaque was also significantly different in terms of age (p = 0.006). Carotid plaque was 69 and 92% in normal and abnormal CCA IMTs respectively. The results showed that the CCA IMT was closely associated with carotid plaque.

초음파에 의한 경동맥 내막-중막 두께의 측정은 동맥경화의 조기발견, 뇌혈관질환, 죽상동맥경화증의 지표로서 사용되지만, 죽상경화증이 내막에 국한되어 발생하는 현상임에도 불구하고 경동맥 내막-중막 두께의 측정은 혈관 벽의 전반적인 두께를 측정하며 일차적으로 중막의 변화를 측정한다는 문제점을 가지고 있다. 이에 반해 죽상경화반의 경우는 혈관벽을 따라 넓게 분포한 것이 아니라 일부분의 위치에 국한되어 나타나는 현상으로 죽상경화증을 더 반영한다고 볼 수 있다. 따라서 본 연구는 뇌경색환자에 대해 경동맥 초음파 검사를 실시하여 경동맥 내막-중막 두께와 죽상경화반의 관계를 파악하고 뇌경색 예측인자인 죽상경화반의 선별검사로 경동맥 초음파 검사가 유용한지 알아보고자 하였다. 2008년 1월에서 3월까지 뇌졸중 전문병원 신경과에 입원한 환자를 대상으로 B-mode 초음파를 이용한 경동맥 내막-중막 두께와 죽상경화반을 검사하였다. 뇌경색환자는 자기공명촬영을 통해 확인하고 나이, 성별과 두개강외 혈관 협착의 위험 인자들을 분석하였다. 대상자의 연령이 높은 군에서 경동맥 내막-중막 두께가 이상이 있는 사람의 분포가 높은 것으로 나타났고(p = 0.004), 경동맥 분지에서의 죽상경화반은 연령이 높은 군에서 그 분포가 높은 것으로 나타났다(p = 0.006). 경동맥 내막-중막 두께가 정상인 사람 총 131명 중 죽상경화반이 발견된 경우는 90명(69%)이었고, 경동맥 내막-중막 두께가 이상인 사람 총 91명 중 죽상경화반이 발견된 경우는 84명(92%)이어서 경동맥 내막-중막 두께가 이상적으로 두꺼운 사람에서 죽상경화반이 발견된 경우가 유의하게 높게 나타났다(p < 0.05). 따라서, 경동맥 내막-중막 두께와 죽상경화반은 밀접한 관련성이 있고, 뇌혈관 질환발생 여부 미치는 영향을 보기 위해 정상인을 대상으로 한 전향적 연구가 필요한 것으로 사료된다.

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