Detection of Increased Vascular Signal in Arthritis-Prone Rats Without Joint Swelling Using Superb Microvascular Imaging Ultrasonography.
Animal model
Power Doppler
Rheumatoid arthritis
Superb microvascular imaging
Synovitis
Ultrasound
Journal
Ultrasound in medicine & biology
ISSN: 1879-291X
Titre abrégé: Ultrasound Med Biol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0410553
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
08 2019
08 2019
Historique:
received:
04
01
2019
revised:
10
03
2019
accepted:
01
04
2019
pubmed:
16
5
2019
medline:
2
4
2020
entrez:
16
5
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
This study aimed to determine whether ultrasonography (US) can detect increased vascular signal in the synovial tissue before overt synovitis in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Env-pX rats that spontaneously develop RA-like synovitis were used. Ankle joints of 15 pre-morbid env-pX rats were observed with power Doppler and superb microvascular imaging (SMI) using an ultrahigh-frequency (8-24 MHz) probe. Signal values were counted as the number of pixels. The total number of vessels and vessel area in the synovial tissue were histologically evaluated. Dilated vessels were determined from the mean value of synovial vessels in three wild-type rats. In all env-pX rats, apparent synovial proliferation was not observed. However, vasodilation was evident. Only SMI values were significantly correlated with the number of dilated vessels (r = 0.585, p = 0.022) but not with the total number of vessels. US with SMI using ultrahigh-frequency probe can detect increased vascular signal in the synovial tissue of arthritis-prone rats.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31085028
pii: S0301-5629(19)30139-5
doi: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2019.04.002
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
2086-2093Informations de copyright
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