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Use of Doppler Ultrasonography to Predict the Outcome of Therapy for Renal-Artery Stenosis

2001; Massachusetts Medical Society; Volume: 344; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1056/nejm200102083440603

1533-4406

Jörg Radermacher, Ajay Chavan, Jörg S. Bleck, Annabel Vitzthum, Birte Stoess, M. Gebel, Michael Galanski, Karl Koch, Hermann Haller,

Pediatric Urology and Nephrology Studies

Prospectively identifying patients whose renal function or blood pressure will improve after the correction of renal-artery stenosis has not been possible. We evaluated whether a high level of resistance to flow in the segmental arteries of both kidneys (indicated by resistance-index values of at least 80) can be used prospectively to select appropriate patients for treatment.