title: [Diagnostic yield of Echo-Doppler in dysfunction of the grafted kidney].
abstract: The study's goal is to analyze the usefulness of Eco-Doppler in the knowledge of renal graft hemodynamics and the description of its dysfunction. 234 examinations were performed in 110 patients. Acceleration, mean rate (MR), maximum systolic rate (MXSR) and minimal diastolic rate (MNDR), as well as resistance index (RI) and pulsatility index (PI) were determined in the external iliac, renal, segmentary, interlobular and arcuate arteries. RI and PI, as well as MXSR and the acceleration are higher in the extra-parenchymatous versus the intra-parenchymatous beds. Peak MR and MNDR values are reached in the renal artery. Termino-lateral to external iliac arterial anastomosis conditions higher MXSRs in the renal artery as opposed to termino-terminal to hypogastric artery (p < 0.05). In the arcuate artery, RI > 0.8 is reached in 51.6% of acute tubular necrosis (ATN), 46.9% of acute rejections (CR), 46.3% of chronic rejection (AR), 21% of grafts with cyclosporin-induced nephrotoxicity (NFX) and 12.5% of normal functioning kidneys isolated chance analysis with Eco-Doppler does not distinguish between AR and ATN. A dysfunctional graft with an RR in the arcuate artery of nearly 9.7 suggests NFX, but AR with interstitial predominance cannot be ruled out.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urología, Hospital Ramón y Cajal.
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Burgos
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mayayo
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Orofino
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Marcén
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Rodríguez Luna
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vallejo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rivera
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tellez
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ortuño
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Escudero
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000502:physiology*; D012016:Reference Values; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler
vernacular_title: Rentabilidad diagnóstica del eco-Doppler en la disfunción del injerto renal.