Perfusion of kidney graft pyramids and cortex in contrast-enhanced ultrasonography in the determination of the cause of delayed graft function

Annals of Transplantation

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 48-53

  Grzelak, Piotr ^a   Szymczyk, Konrad ^a   Strzelczyk, Janusz ^a   Kurnatowska, Ilona ^a   Sapieha, MichaŁ ^a   Nowicki, MichaŁ ^a   Stefańczyk, Ludomir ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Contrast enhanced ultrasonography; Kidney graft perfusion; Resistive index

Indexed keywords

SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE;

ACUTE GRAFT REJECTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCED ULTRASONOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED GRAFT FUNCTION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GRAFT PERFUSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE;

ADULT; AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; DELAYED GRAFT FUNCTION; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TUBULAR NECROSIS, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL CIRCULATION;

EID: 79953278147     PISSN: 14259524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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