title: Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor-enhanced MR renography: repeated measures of GFR and RPF in hypertensive patients.
abstract: This study aims to assess the feasibility of a protocol to diagnose renovascular disease using dual MR renography acquisitions: before and after administration of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEi). Results of our simulation study aimed at testing the reproducibility of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and renal plasma flow demonstrate that for a fixed overall dose of 12 ml gadolinium-based contrast material (500 mmol/l), the second dose should be approximately twice as large as the first dose. A three-compartment model for analyzing the second-injection data was shown to appropriately handle the tracer residue from the first injection. The optimized protocol was applied to 18 hypertensive patients without renovascular disease, showing minimal systematic difference in GFR measurements before and after ACEi of 0.8 +/- 4.4 ml/min or 2.7 +/- 14.9%. For 10 kidneys with significant renal artery stenosis, GFR decreased significantly after ACEi (P < 0.001, T value = 3.79), and the difference in GFR measurements before and after ACEi averaged 8.3 +/- 6.9 ml/min or 26.2 +/- 43.9%. Dual-injection MRI with optimized dose distribution appears promising for ACEi renography by offering measures of GFR changes with clinically acceptable precision and accuracy.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Radiology, New York Univ. School of Medicine, 660 First Ave., 4th Floor, New York, NY 10016, USA. Lei.Zhang@nyumc.org
authors.forename: Jeff L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Henry
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rusinek
authors.forename: Louisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bokacheva
authors.forename: Ruth P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Qun
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Pippa
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Storey
authors.forename: Keyma
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Prince
authors.forename: Elizabeth M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Hecht
authors.forename: Danny C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Vivian S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003287:Contrast Media; D004656:Enalapril / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate; D006801:Humans; D006978:Hypertension, Renovascular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008954:Models, Biological; D009010:Monte Carlo Method; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011866:Radioisotope Renography / Q000379:methods*; D012078:Renal Artery Obstruction / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D017595:Renal Plasma Flow; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors; D003287:Contrast Media; D004656:Enalapril; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA