The predictive value of renal vascular resistance for late renal allograft loss.

Journal article

The renal artery resistance index (RI), assessed by Doppler ultrasonography, was recently identified as a new risk marker for late renal allograft loss. This finding requires confirmation since RI in that study was not measured at predetermined time points and ultrasonography is operator-dependent. We investigated the predictive value of renal vascular resistance (RVR), a less operator-dependent method as assessed by mean arterial pressure divided by renal blood flow, for the prediction of re...

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Authors: de Vries, A; van Son, W; van der Heide, J; Ploeg, R; Navis, G

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: American journal of transplantation : official journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons
• Volume: 6
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 364-370
• Publication date: 2006-02-01
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2005.01192.x
• EISSN: 1600-6143
• ISSN: 1600-6135
• Language: English
• Keywords: Blood Flow Velocity; Male; Kidney Transplantation; Female; Blood Pressure; Renal Circulation; Survival Analysis; Proteinuria; Treatment Failure; Middle Aged; Diuretics; Antihypertensive Agents; Transplantation, Homologous; Humans; Adult; Vascular Resistance; Regional Blood Flow; Predictive Value of Tests