title: [Contribution of digital subtraction angiography to the diagnosis of rejection reactions after kidney transplantation].
abstract: The ability to diagnose rejection changes in renal transplants using DSA was evaluated retrospectively taking intrarenal vascular changes into consideration. The findings obtained with DSA were compared to those of scintigraphy in 26 graft recipients, on whom both methods had been performed within a narrow time period for evaluation of hypertensive disease. The scintigraphic diagnosis was based on function and perfusion studies. The intrarenal vascular tree was demonstrated on DSA better by intraarterial than by intravenous contrast media injection, however both techniques delivered useful diagnostic information. The status of the graft was evaluated with comparable results by DSA and scintigraphy in 73% of the cases. In our experience, functional effects produced by morphological changes demonstrated by DSA, can be defined better with the help of scintigraphy. On the other hand, by performing DSA it is possible to clarify morphologically functional findings, which may be detected by scintigraphy but often are diagnostically nonspecific. The availability of both morphological and functional data increases the diagnostic accuracy which can be obtained with these two low invasive procedures in the assessment of vascular changes in renal transplants.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000792:Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006084:Graft Rejection; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000473:pathology; D012082:Renal Veins / Q000473:pathology; D013382:Subtraction Technique
vernacular_title: Beitrag der digitalen Subtraktionsangiographie zur Diagnostik von Abstossungsreaktionen nach Nierentransplantation.