Resistive intrarenal index: myth or reality?
| Autor: | Pasquale Fatuzzo, Fulvio Fiorini, S Clementi, P Di Nicolò, Luca Zanoli, Antonio Granata |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Pathology resistive intrarenal index AKI CKD Review Article Kidney medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Resistive touchscreen business.industry Ultrasound Ultrasonography Doppler General Medicine Interlobar medicine.anatomical_structure Renal blood flow Vascular resistance Kidney Diseases Vascular Resistance Radiology Differential diagnosis business Artery |
| Zdroj: | The British journal of radiology. 87(1038) |
| ISSN: | 1748-880X |
| Popis: | In renal diagnosis, the B-mode ultrasound is used to provide an accurate study of the renal morphology, whereas the colour and power Doppler are of strategic importance in providing qualitative and quantitative information about the renal vasculature, which can also be obtained through the assessment of the resistive index (RI). To date, this is one of the most sensitive parameters in the study of kidney diseases and allows us to quantify the changes in renal plasma flow. If a proper Doppler ultrasound examination is carried out and a critical analysis of the values obtained is performed, the RI measurement at the interlobar artery level has been suggested in the differential diagnosis between nephropathies. The aim of this review is to highlight the pathological conditions in which the study of intrarenal RI provides useful information about the pathophysiology of renal diseases in both the native and the transplanted kidneys. |
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