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Arkadiusz Lubas1, Arkadiusz Zegadło2, Emilia Frankowska2
1Department of Internal Diseases Nephrology and Dialysis, Military Institute of Medicine-National Research Institute, 04-141 Warsaw, Poland.
Background:
The assessment of kidney perfusion has an emerging significance in many diagnostic applications. However, whether and which of the ultrasound Doppler parameters better express renal cortical perfusion (RCP) was not shown. The study aimed to prove the usefulness of Doppler ultrasound parameters in the assessment of RCP regarding low-dose contrast-enhanced multidetector computer tomography (CE-MDCT) blood flow.
Methods:
Thirty non-stenotic kidneys in twenty-five hypertensive patients (age 58.9 ± 19.0) with mild-to-severe renal dysfunction were included in the study. Resistive index (RI) and end-diastolic velocity (EDV) in segmental arteries, color Doppler dynamic RCP intensity (dRCP), RI (dRI), pulsatility index (dPI), and CE-MDCT blood flow (CBF) in the renal cortex were estimated.
Results:
CBF correlated significantly with age, estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), RI, EDV, dRI, dPI, and dRCP. In separate multivariable backward regression analyses, RI (R2 = 0.290, p = 0.003) and dRCP (R2 = 0.320, p = 0.001) were independently associated with CBF. However, in the common ultrasound model, only dRCP was independently related to CBF (R2 = 0.317, p = 0.001). Only CBF and EDV were independently associated with eGFR (R2 = 0.510, p < 0.001).
Conclusions:
Renal cortical perfusion intensity is the best ultrasound marker expressing renal cortical perfusion. In patients with hypertension and kidney dysfunction, renal resistive index and end-diastolic velocity express renal cortical perfusion and kidney function, respectively.
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