Urine attenuation ratio: A new CT indicator of renal artery stenosis

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 532-540

  Sung, Chang Kyu ^a,b   Chung, Jin Wook ^a   Kim, Seung Hyup ^a   Park, Jae Hyung ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Boramae Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Arteriography; CT angiography; Hypertension; Renal arteries; Renal disease; Stenosis

Indexed keywords

IOPROMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE SUBTRACTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; URINE ATTENUATION RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, RENOVASCULAR; KIDNEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URINE;

EID: 33746622039     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.05.0045     Document Type: Article

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