Renal computed tomography with 3-dimensional angiography and simultaneous measurement of plasma contrast clearance reduce the invasiveness and cost of evaluating living renal donor candidates

Transplantation

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 219-223

  Lindgren, Bruce W ^a   Demos, Terrence ^a   Marsan, Richard ^a   Posniak, Harold ^a   Kostro, Billie ^a   Calvert, Denise ^a   Hatch, David ^a   Flanigan, Robert ^a   Steinmuller, Donald ^a   Lewis, Richard ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY ANGIOGRAPHY; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST MEDIA; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TISSUE DONORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 9044253711     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199601270-00010     Document Type: Article

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