Intrarenal color duplex ultrasonography: A window to vascular complications of renal transplants

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1403-1418

  Gao, Jing ^a,b   Ng, Amelia ^a   Shih, George ^a   Goldstein, Michael ^a   Kapur, Sandip ^a   Wang, John ^a   Min, Robert J ^a  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Color duplex ultrasonography; Renal transplants; Vascular complications

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TRANSPLANTS;

COLOR DUPLEX ULTRASONOGRAPHY; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; RENAL TRANSPLANTS; VASCULAR COMPLICATIONS;

ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

ADULT; APPARATUS; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; KIDNEY BLOOD VESSEL; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY VEIN THROMBOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 35348980271     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2007.26.10.1403     Document Type: Article

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