Improved diagnosis of early kidney allograft dysfunction by ultrasound with echo enhancer - A new method for the diagnosis of renal perfusion

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2921-2929

  Fischer, Thomas ^a   Filimonow, Sergej ^a   Dieckhöfer, Jan ^a   Slowinski, Torsten ^a   Mühler, Matthias ^a   Lembcke, Alexander ^a   Budde, Klemens ^a   Neumayer, Hans H ^a   Ebeling, Volker ^a   Giessing, Markus ^a   Thomas, Anke ^a   Morgera, Stanislao ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contrast medium; Kidney; Kidney rejection; Time intensity curve; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; STEROID; TACROLIMUS;

ACUTE KIDNEY TUBULE NECROSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY ALLOGRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY PERFUSION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL ARTERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; CREATINE; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 33749611045     PISSN: 09310509     EISSN: 14602385     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfl313     Document Type: Article

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