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Journal of Medical Ultrasonics

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1999 - Vol.26

Vol.26 No.08

Original Article(原著)

(0929 - 0937)

我が国における心エコー図のルーチン検査の現状に関するアンケート調査

Questionnaire Survey on the State of Routine Echocardiographic Examination in Japan

梶原 克祐1, 岩瀬 正嗣2, 杉本 邦彦1, 伊藤 さつき1, 宇都木 秀子1, 木村 美由紀2, 山本 春光2, 小出 章博2, 松山 裕宇2, 菱田 仁2

Katsusuke KAJIHARA1, Masatsugu IWASE2, Kunihiko SUGIMOTO1, Satsuki ITOU1, Hideko UTSUGI1, Miyuki KIMURA2, Harumitsu YAMAMOTO2, Akihiro KOIDE2, Hiroyuki MATSUYAMA2, Hitoshi HISHIDA2

1藤田保健衛生大学病院臨床検査研究部, 2藤田保健衛生大学病院内科

1Joint Research Laboratory of Clinical Medicine, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, 1-98 Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake, Toyoake, Aichi 470-1192, Japan, 2Department of Internal Medicine, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, 1-98 Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake, Toyoake, Aichi 470-1192, Japan

キーワード : Quantitatively estimate , Questionnaire survey , Routine echocardiographic examination

Questionnaires sent to 35 representative institutes in Japan were returned by 33 (94%). In 61% of the responding institutes, more than half of the routine echocardiographic examinations were performed by sonographers; in 27% of these institutes, they were performed mainly by physicians. Forty-nine percent of the respondents spent 20 to 30 minutes examining one patient; the second-most-frequent (21%) response was 30 to 45 minutes. In 71% of the institutes, echocardiographic reports included sonographers' comments. Every case was recorded on videotape in 27 (82%) institutes. Left ventricular dimensions and wall thickness were determined by M-mode in 15% of the institutes; 70% indicated that they primarily used M-mode but sometimes used two-dimensional echocardiography. Left ventricular ejection fraction was measured only or mainly by M-mode in 82% of the examinations and by two-dimensional echocardiography in 18%. The pulsed Doppler method was used to evaluate left ventricular inflow in all cases in 79% of the institutes, and the continuous wave Doppler method was used to determine the pressure gradient of tricuspid regurgitation in all cases at 73% of the institutes. In contrast, quantitative Doppler was always used to routinely evaluate regurgitation or shunt flow in only 2 (6%) institutes. The Doppler method was always used to measure cardiac output or stroke volume in only 2 (6%) of the institutes. The larger the number of routine echocardiographic examinations conducted at a responding institute, the greater the likelihood that they were conducted by sonographers.