Renal Doppler resistance indices are associated with systemic atherosclerosis in kidney transplant recipients

Kidney International

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 878-885

  Heine, Gunnar H ^a   Gerhart, Markus K ^a   Ulrich, Christof ^a   Köhler, Hans ^a   Girndt, Matthias ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Doppler; Duplex; Kidney transplantation; Subclinical atherosclerosis; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN INHIBITOR; CYCLOSPORIN A; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; TSUKUBAENOLIDE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGE; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX ROLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; KIDNEY CIRCULATION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROGNOSIS; PULSATILE FLOW; RENAL ARTERY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PULSATILE FLOW; RENAL ARTERY; RENAL CIRCULATION; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 26944473681     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1755.2005.00470.x     Document Type: Article

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