(99m)Tc-mercaptoacetyl triglycine renography to monitor renal transplant function among kidneys from donors after cardiac death.
OBJECTIVE
Delayed graft function usually occurs after kidney transplantation from donors after cardiac death, It is important to monitor graft function during the anuric period, but there have been few useful tools. Consequently, we evaluated the availability of (99m)-Tc mercaptoacetyltriglycine (MAG3) renography.


METHODS
Thirty-two patients underwent renal transplantation from donors after cardiac death between June 2, 2005, and April 14, 2011. One patient was excluded due to an acute rejection episode which developed during the dialysis period. The first (99m)Tc-MAG3 renogram was performed as early as possible after the operation and repeated until the patient was weaned from dialysis. The corrected tubular extraction rate (cTER; mL/min/1.73 m(2)) was calculated; it represents the MAG3 clearance corrected by body surface area.


RESULTS
cTER was low immediately after transplantation, but increased gradually until the patient was weaned from dialysis. A significant correlation was observed between early cTER and the period of dialysis-dependence (r = -0.677, P < .001) as well as the short-term best corrected creatinine clearance (r = 0.526, P = .002).


CONCLUSIONS
We observed that graft function can be monitored by routinely performing (99m)Tc-MAG3 renography after transplantation of kidneys from donors after cardiac death.
Department of Urology, Nagoya University Hospital, 65, Tsurumaicho, Showa-Ku, Nagoya city, Aichi prefecture, Japan 466-0065. yellowkab1979@yahoo.co.jp
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Majima
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Hattori
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Funahashi
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Komatsu
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Kato
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Yamada
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Kamihira
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Goto
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001830:Body Surface Area; D051799:Delayed Graft Function / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D007668:Kidney / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008954:Models, Biological; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D012044:Regression Analysis; D006435:Renal Dialysis; D017263:Technetium Tc 99m Mertiatide; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult
D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D017263:Technetium Tc 99m Mertiatide