title: Fetal renal artery blood velocimetry in multicystic kidney disease.
abstract: Color flow mapping and Doppler velocimetry were used to measure impedance to flow in both renal arteries of 11 fetuses with unilateral multicystic kidney disease at 19-34 (mean = 26) weeks' gestation. In all cases, the pulsatility index in the renal artery of the multicystic kidney was higher than that of the contralateral normal kidney; the mean pulsatility index in the arteries of the affected kidneys was significantly higher than the normal mean for gestation.
authors.affiliation: Harris Birthright Research Centre for Fetal Medicine, King's College Hospital Medical School, London, UK.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kaminopetros
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Dykes
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Nicolaides