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Meal Ingestion and Hemodynamic Interactions Regarding Renal Blood Flow on Duplex Sonography: Potential Diagnostic
Tomonori Kishino1, Keiichiro Harashima2, Shigeki Hashimoto2
1Faculty of Health Sciences, Kyorin University, Tokyo, Japan; School of Medicine, Kyorin University, Tokyo, Japan.
Abstract:
Splanchnic blood flow changes dramatically after meal ingestion. The present study evaluated physiologic interactions between meal ingestion and hemodynamics with respect to renal blood flow on duplex sonography, assessing the possible influence on Doppler parameters used as diagnostic criteria for renal artery stenosis. Subjects comprised 26 healthy young men (mean age: 22 ± 2 y). Sonographic measurements were made shortly after breakfast and every 1 h thereafter and were compared with values measured before the meal. Peak systolic velocity in the renal artery was elevated post-prandially, peaking at 1 h (90 ± 12 cm/s), compared with pre-prandially (73 ± 10 cm/s, p < 0.01). Similarly, acceleration time at the intra-renal segmental artery shortened to a minimum at 1 h (45 ± 5 ms) compared with baseline (51 ± 6 ms, p < 0.01). The present study indicates that renal blood flow is altered for a few hours after meal ingestion. Attention should be paid to the interpretation of data measured after meals on duplex sonography for diagnosis of renal artery stenosis.
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