Real-time contrast-enhanced sonography of renal transplant recipients predicts chronic allograft nephropathy

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 609-615

  Schwenger, V ^a   Korosoglou, G ^a   Hinkel, U P ^a   Morath, C ^a   Hansen, A ^a   Sommerer, C ^a   Dikow, R ^a   Hardt, S ^a   Schmidt, J ^a   Kucherer H ^a   Katus, H A ^a   Zeier, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Chronic allograft nephropathy; Real time contrast enhanced sonography; Renal allograft; Resistance index

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; CYCLOSPORIN; FS 069; GLUCOCORTICOID; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; CYCLOSPORIN A; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; PERFLUTREN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC ALLOGRAFT NEPHROPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FLOW KINETICS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; KIDNEY PERFUSION; MALE; MICROBUBBLE; MICROVASCULATURE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSATILE FLOW; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME ECHOGRAPHY; RECIPIENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL DETECTION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REAL TIME ULTRASOUND SCANNER; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALBUMINS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MICROSPHERES; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 33644895009     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2005.01224.x     Document Type: Article

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