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Renal perfusion evaluation with contrast-enhanced ultrasonography

Antoine Schneider, Lucie Hofmann, Grégoire Wuerzner, Nicolas Glatz, Marc Maillard, Jean‐Yves Meuwly, Philippe Eggimann, Michel Burnier, Bruno Vogt

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation · 2011 · 86 citations · 24 references

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Abstract

This study demonstrates that CEUS is able to detect changes in human renal cortical microcirculation as induced by AngII infusion and/or captopril administration. The changes in perfusion indices parallel those in ERPF as obtained by PAH clearance.

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