Colour Doppler ultrasound: A new index improves the diagnosis of renal artery stenosis

Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 41-47

  Souza De Oliveira, Ilka R ^a   Widman, Azzo ^a   Molnar, Läszlö J ^a   Fukushima, Júlia T ^a   Praxedes, José N ^a   Cerri, Giovanni G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Doppler renal blood flow dynamics; Renal arteries; Renal artery stenosis

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSELS; COLOR IMAGE PROCESSING; DOPPLER EFFECT; HEMODYNAMICS;

COLOR DOPPLER ULTRASOUND;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RENAL ARTERY; RENAL ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0033954439     PISSN: 03015629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(99)00119-2     Document Type: Article

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