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Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2006 21(10):2694-2696; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfl449
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© The Author [2006]. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of ERA-EDTA. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Contrast-enhanced sonography as early diagnostic tool of chronic allograft nephropathy

Vedat Schwenger and Martin Zeier

University of Heidelberg, Division of Nephrology, Heidelberg, Germany

Correspondence and offprint requests to: Dr V. Schwenger, University of Heidelberg, Division of Nephrology, Im Neuenheimer Feld 162, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. Email: vedat.schwenger@med.uni-heidelberg.de

Keywords: chronic allograft nephropathy; colour Doppler ultrasonography; contrast-enhanced sonography; kidney transplantation; renal allograft

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A resistance index (RI) obtained by colour Doppler ultrasonography is a standard procedure in the routine diagnosis of renal allografts, and has recently been shown to be associated not only with allograft, but also with patient survival [1]. Although the value of colour Doppler ultrasonography of the renal allograft—especially in the early post-operative period—is undisputed, uncertainties persist as to its diagnostic and prognostic value and its clinical application. It is worth noting that RI not only reflects renovascular resistance, but also indirectly reflects haemodynamic parameters such as elasticity . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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