Immediate renal Doppler ultrasonography findings (<24 h) and its association with graft survival

World Journal of Urology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 547-553

  Barba, Javier ^a   Rioja, Jorge ^b   Robles, José Enrique ^a   Rincón, Anibal ^a   Rosell, David ^a   Zudaire, Juan Javier ^a   Berian, José María ^a   Pascual, Ignacio ^a   Benito, Alberto ^a   Errasti, Pedro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MIGUEL SERVET   (Spain)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasonography; Graft survival; Kidney transplantation; Predictive value

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 79960698304     PISSN: 07244983     EISSN: 14338726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00345-011-0666-3     Document Type: Article

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