Renal blood flow measurement with contrast-enchanced harmonic ultrasonography: Evaluation of dopamine-induced changes in renal cortical perfusion in humans

Clinical Nephrology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 423-428

  Kishimoto, N ^a   Mori, Y ^a   Nishiue, T ^a   Shibasaki, Y ^a   Iba, O ^a   Nose, A ^a   Uchiyama Tanaka, Y ^a   Masaki, H ^a   Matsubara, H ^a   Iwasaka, T ^a  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contrast agent; Dopamine; Harmonic study; Renal blood flow; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOHIPPURIC ACID; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DOPAMINE;

4 AMINOHIPPURIC ACID CLEARANCE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG INFUSION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGING SYSTEM; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY PERFUSION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 0038715785     PISSN: 03010430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/cnp59423     Document Type: Article

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