Renal transplant failure due to urologic complications: Comparison of static fluid with contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance urography

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 324-330

  Blondin, D ^a   Koester, A ^a   Andersen, K ^a   Kurz, K D ^a   Moedder, U ^a   Cohnen, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contrast enhanced MRU; Renal transplant; Static fluid MRU; Transplant failure

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST-ENHANCED MRU; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACIES; FOLLOW UP; HYDRONEPHROSIS; MAXIMUM INTENSITY PROJECTIONS; MEAN AGES; MRI SCANNERS; NEPHROGENIC SYSTEMIC FIBROSIS; RENAL TRANSPLANT; SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS; STATIC FLUID MRU; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCES; TRANSPLANT FAILURE; UROGRAPHY;

ATOMS; GADOLINIUM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RESONANCE; SCANNING; THREE DIMENSIONAL; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

IMAGE QUALITY;

GADOLINIUM; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY GRAFT; LYMPHOCELE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE UROGRAPHY; MALE; NEPHROGENIC SYSTEMIC FIBROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATIC FLUID; URETER HEMATOMA; URETER OBSTRUCTION; URETER SEROMA; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; URINOMA;

CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; HYDRONEPHROSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; UROGRAPHY;

EID: 59649110022     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2007.10.026     Document Type: Article

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