Angiography in the diagnosis of renal allograft dysfunction.
We reviewed retrospectively 75 renal transplant arteriograms done during a 7-year period. Acute rejection and vasomotor nephropathy were not differentiated. Generalized cortical ischemia was diagnosed correctly in 23 of 30 cases but there were 7 falsely negative results. Renal artery stenosis was found in 7 of 17 cases in which the main indication for arteriography was hypertension. We conclude that the major role of transplant arteriography is in the diagnosis of larger vessel disease.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography; D002648:Child; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D006084:Graft Rejection; D006801:Humans; D006977:Hypertension, Renal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007511:Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007672:Kidney Cortex / Q000098:blood supply; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D012078:Renal Artery Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous