Duplex-Doppler long-term follow-up of renal transplant artery stenosis: Case controlled study

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 265-269

  Župunski, Ana ^a   Buturović Ponikvar, Jadranka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Doppler; Kidney transplantantion; Renal artery stenosis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN A; DILTIAZEM; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER;

ADULT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY ARTERIOGRAPHY; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MONITOR; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL RENAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CREATININE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; RENAL ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 23244451586     PISSN: 10916660     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1774-9987.2005.00269.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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