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Carbon dioxide angiography of the transplanted kidney: technical considerations and imaging findings
K P Moresco1, N H Patel, Y Namyslowski
1Department of Radiology, Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis 46202-5253, USA.
AJR. American Journal of Roentgenology
|November 3, 1998
Abstract
Objective:
We evaluated the usefulness of carbon dioxide as the primary contrast material for renal transplant arteriography.
Conclusion:
Carbon dioxide accurately showed artery pathology including anastomotic and intrarenal stenoses, arteriovenous shunting, and diffuse arterial disease from chronic transplant rejection. Using carbon dioxide as a contrast agent reduced the volume of iodinated contrast material that needed to be used. There was no procedure-associated nephrotoxicity.