2015 American Transplant Congress
Clinical and Radiological Predictors of Transplant Renal Artery Stenosis (TRAS)
Elevated peak systolic velocity (PSV) on Doppler ultrasound at the transplant renal artery (TRA) does not always correlate with true transplant renal artery stenosis (TRAS)…2015 American Transplant Congress
The Natural History of Kidney Graft Cortical Microcirculation Determined by Real-Time Contrast-Enhanced Sonography (RT-CES)
Decreasing kidney graft cortical microcirculation has been related to poor prognosis in kidney transplantation. Cortical capillary blood flow (CCBF) can be measured by real-time contrast-enhanced…2015 American Transplant Congress
Does the Site Or Etiology of Renal Artery Stenosis Influence the Sucess Rate of Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty?
Divison of Urology, Renal Transplantation Unit, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Purpose: The incidence of transplant renal artery stenosis (TRAS) ranges from 1 to 23% and is the most frequent vascular complication following renal transplantation. It…2015 American Transplant Congress
Experimental Study Using Contrast-Enhanced Ultrasonography to Evaluate Rat Chronic Allograft Nephropathy Model and the Relationship Between Hemodynamic Parameters and Renal Allograft Fibrosis
Objectives:To quantitatively analyze the changes of hemodynamic characteristics in renal allograft at different stages of a rat chronic allograft nephropathy [CAN]model and the relationship between…