Doppler sonography in renal diseases.
Using Doppler sonography, the circulation of the kidney can now be studied in the living person in various physiologic or pathologic situations. Our understanding of renal hemodynamics, gleaned from experimental animal models as well as human studies, is being enhanced by Doppler examination and the clinical uses are expanding. Some early concepts, sometimes hastily postulated, are being questioned. The highlights of ongoing debates and the results of animal studies that further our understanding of Doppler examinations in patients are the subject of this review.
Hôpital Sainte-Justine, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
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D004301:Doppler Effect; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008722:Methods; D014463:Ultrasonography