Doppler ultrasonography in posttransplant renal artery stenosis: A reliable tool for assessing effectiveness of revascularization?

Transplantation

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 147-153

  Bruno, Simona ^a   Ferrari, Silvia ^a   Remuzzi, Giuseppe ^b   Ruggenenti, Piero ^b,c  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^c MARIO NEGRI INST PHARMACOL RES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CYCLOSPORIN A; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOPPLER FLOWMETER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVASCULARIZATION; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; SYSTOLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038638387     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.TP.0000071849.78031.13     Document Type: Article

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