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Shio K, Homma F, Kanno Y, Yamadera Y, Ohguchi Y, Nishimaki T, Kanno T, Kasukawa R. Doppler sonographic comparative study on usefulness of synovial vascularity between knee and metacarpophalangeal joints for evaluation of articular inflammation in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated by infliximab. Mod Rheumatol 2014. [DOI: 10.3109/s10165-006-0488-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Kasukawa R, Shio K, Kanno Y, Sato A, Takahashi A, Yamadera Y, Kanno T. Power Doppler and spectral Doppler measurements of knee-joint synovitis in rheumatoid arthritis patients with superficial pattern signals and in those with deep pattern signals. Mod Rheumatol 2014. [DOI: 10.3109/s10165-007-0588-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Kasukawa R, Kanno Y, Homma F, Yamadera Y, Kanno T. Comparison in values of color flow signals and vascular resistance of synovial vascularity demonstrated by Doppler sonography between knee and metacarpophalangeal joints of patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Mod Rheumatol 2014. [DOI: 10.3109/s10165-005-0418-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Delle Sedie A, Riente L, Bombardieri S. Limits and perspectives of ultrasound in the diagnosis and management of rheumatic diseases. Mod Rheumatol 2014. [DOI: 10.3109/s10165-008-0046-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Kanno Y, Homma F, Takahashi A, Sato A, Yamadera Y, Ohguchi Y, Nishimaki T, Kanno T, Kasukawa R. Doppler sonographic evaluation of infliximab therapy for rheumatoid arthritis. Mod Rheumatol 2014. [DOI: 10.3109/s10165-005-0407-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Kurosaka D, Hirai K, Nishioka M, Miyamoto Y, Yoshida K, Takahashi E, Ukichi T, Noda K, Yanagimachi M, Furuya K, Fukuda K, Yamada A. Correlation between synovial blood flow signals and serum vascular endothelial growth factor levels in patients with refractory rheumatoid arthritis. Mod Rheumatol 2014. [DOI: 10.3109/s10165-008-0146-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Daitaro Kurosaka
- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine,
3-25-8 Nishi-Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8461, Japan
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine,
3-25-8 Nishi-Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8461, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Jikei University School of Medicine,
Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8461, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Jikei University School of Medicine,
Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8461, Japan
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine,
3-25-8 Nishi-Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8461, Japan
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine,
3-25-8 Nishi-Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8461, Japan
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine,
3-25-8 Nishi-Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8461, Japan
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine,
3-25-8 Nishi-Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8461, Japan
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine,
3-25-8 Nishi-Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8461, Japan
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine,
3-25-8 Nishi-Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8461, Japan
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- Department of Radiology, Jikei University School of Medicine,
Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8461, Japan
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine,
3-25-8 Nishi-Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8461, Japan
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Correlation between synovial blood flow signals and serum vascular endothelial growth factor levels in patients with refractory rheumatoid arthritis. Mod Rheumatol 2009; 19:187-91. [PMID: 19219643 DOI: 10.1007/s10165-008-0146-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2008] [Accepted: 11/18/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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The objective of the study is to examine the relationship between synovial blood flow signals and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) involved in angiogenesis by Doppler ultrasound. Twenty-one patients meeting the diagnostic criteria of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) were enrolled in this study. Doppler ultrasound signals of blood flow in the wrist synovial membrane were measured and classified into three grades: grade 1 = no flow; grade 2 = mild flow; grade 3 = intense flow. A significant correlation was observed between blood flow signals in the wrist synovial membrane and serum VEGF levels (r = 0.5681, P = 0.0072). These results suggest that the measurement of Doppler ultrasound signals of blood flow in the wrist synovial membrane is useful in the evaluation of angiogenesis.
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Limits and perspectives of ultrasound in the diagnosis and management of rheumatic diseases. Mod Rheumatol 2008; 18:125-31. [PMID: 18306005 DOI: 10.1007/s10165-008-0046-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2007] [Accepted: 01/04/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Musculoskeletal sonography (MSUS) has played a growing role in the diagnosis and management of rheumatic diseases, enabling the imaging of synovitis, bone erosion, and cartilage damage in the early phase of arthritis. "Dynamic" evaluation of tendons and help in guiding needle positioning in interventional manoeuvres are some of the other reasons for its success. MSUS, particularly when coupled with power Doppler (PD) examination, has recently been shown to be an efficient tool for monitoring disease activity and progression in rheumatoid arthritis, spondyloarthritis, crystal-related arthropathy, and osteoarthritis, with general consensus on its interesting results. More specifically, the PD signal has proved to be a simple and promising tool for short-term monitoring of synovial vascularity changes induced by steroids or biological agents in RA patients. MSUS has some limits, because of the physical properties of US and the quality of the equipment; it is, moreover, an operator-related imaging technique, with few standardized protocols. Future goals should be standardization of the examining approach in grey scale and Doppler ultrasound (US), including use of new equipment (3D US), extensive use in other fields (i.e. connective tissue diseases and vasculitis), and possible new applications (e.g. thoracic US).
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Kasukawa R, Shio K, Kanno Y, Sato A, Takahashi A, Yamadera Y, Kanno T. Power Doppler and spectral Doppler measurements of knee-joint synovitis in rheumatoid arthritis patients with superficial pattern signals and in those with deep pattern signals. Mod Rheumatol 2007; 17:267-72. [PMID: 17694257 DOI: 10.1007/s10165-007-0588-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2007] [Accepted: 03/15/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Power Doppler and spectral Doppler ultrasonography were used to scan 127 knee joints of 72 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Synovial effusion thickness and synovial proliferation (pannus) thickness, as well as the flow signal diameter, were measured on ultrasonogram prints of the power Doppler using digital calipers. In addition, color-flow signal grades on power Doppler and the resistance index (RI) values on spectral Doppler were evaluated. The values of these five variables were compared among 58 joints with superficial pattern flow signals and 69 joints with deep pattern flow signals. Compared with the joints with deep pattern signals, the joints with superficial pattern signals had significantly higher mean values of effusion thickness (P < 0.0001) and flow signal grades (P < 0.0001), and significantly lower mean RI (P < 0.0001). On the other hand, the joints with deep pattern signals had a significantly higher value of signal diameter (P = 0.0125) and had a trend to higher value of pannus thickness (P = 0.079) as well. Significant correlations were observed between effusion thickness and signal grades (P < 0.0001); effusion thickness and RI (P < 0.0001); signal diameter and pannus thickness (P = 0.0102); signal diameter and RI (P < 0.0001); and signal grades and RI (P < 0.0001). The ultrasonographic measurements of synovitis in RA patients provide valuable information on synovial inflammation.
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- Reiji Kasukawa
- Division of Rheumatology, Ohta Nishinouchi Hospital, 2-5-20 Nishinouchi, Koriyama, 963-8558, Japan.
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Shio K, Homma F, Kanno Y, Yamadera Y, Ohguchi Y, Nishimaki T, Kanno T, Kasukawa R. Doppler sonographic comparative study on usefulness of synovial vascularity between knee and metacarpophalangeal joints for evaluation of articular inflammation in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated by infliximab. Mod Rheumatol 2006; 16:220-5. [PMID: 16906371 DOI: 10.1007/s10165-006-0488-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2006] [Accepted: 05/01/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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We used Doppler sonography to evaluate the therapeutic effects of infliximab on the knee and metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joints of 10 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), based on the color flow signals (CFS) and resistance index (RI) of synovial vascularity. After three injections of infliximab, we observed significant improvement in numbers of tender joints (P < 0.01), values of C-reactive protein (CRP) (P < 0.01), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) (P < 0.001), disease activity scores including tender joints, swollen joints, and ESR (DAS28-E3) (P < 0.0001), and CFS of knee (P < 0.001) and MCP (P < 0.05) joints. There was no significant improvement in RI values of knee or MCP joints after the therapy. We observed significant correlation between CFS of knee joints (knee-CFS) and values of CRP (P < 0.01), ESR (P < 0.01), and DAS28-E3 (P < 0.05), but not between CFS of MCP joints (MCP-CFS) and values of CRP, ESR, and DAS28-E3. However, no significant correlation was observed between 10 difference values (before values-after values) of CFS grades of knee or MCP joints and 10 difference values each of CRP, ESR, or DAS28-E3. The knee joints are more suitable than MCP joints for obtaining CFS in Doppler sonography, and are more useful than MCP joints for evaluation.
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- Kiori Shio
- Division of Rheumatology, Ohta Nishinouchi Hospital, 2-5-20 Nishinouchi, Koriyama, 963-8558, Japan.
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Kasukawa R, Kanno Y, Homma F, Yamadera Y, Kanno T. Comparison in values of color flow signals and vascular resistance of synovial vascularity demonstrated by Doppler sonography between knee and metacarpophalangeal joints of patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Mod Rheumatol 2005; 15:336-9. [PMID: 17029089 DOI: 10.1007/s10165-005-0418-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2005] [Accepted: 06/16/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Synovial vascularity of 12 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) was examined by Doppler sonography for color flow signals and vascular resistance on knee joints and metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joints, and the results were compared with each other and with C-reactive protein (CRP) levels of the patients. A significant correlation was observed between knee resistance index (RI) and MCP-RI (P = 0.0140), but not between knee color flow signals and MCP color flow signals (P = 0.1029). A significant correlation was also observed between knee color flow signals and knee RI (P = 0.0107), and knee pulsatility index (PI) (P = 0.0146). On the other hand, no correlation was observed between MCP color flow signals and MCP-RI (P = 0.828), and MCP-PI (P = 0.434). There was no significant correlation between CRP levels and grades of color flow signals, RI, and PI for both knee and MCP joints. Doppler sonographic evaluation of RI, especially knee RI, could be a useful marker for estimating synovial inflammation in RA patients.
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- Reiji Kasukawa
- Division of Rheumatology, Physiological Examination Unit, Ohta Nishinouchi Hospital, 2-5-20 Nishinouchi, Koriyama, 963-8558, Japan.
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Kanno Y, Homma F, Takahashi A, Sato A, Yamadera Y, Ohguchi Y, Nishimaki T, Kanno T, Kasukawa R. Doppler sonographic evaluation of infliximab therapy for rheumatoid arthritis. Mod Rheumatol 2005; 15:305-6. [PMID: 17029084 DOI: 10.1007/s10165-005-0407-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2005] [Accepted: 05/20/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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