CARBON-DIOXIDE ANGIOGRAPHY OF THE TRANSPLANTED KIDNEY - TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS AND IMAGING FINDINGS

Authors
MORESCO KP PATEL NH NAMYSLOWSKI Y SHAH H JOHNSON MS TREROTOLA SO
Citation
Kp. Moresco et al., CARBON-DIOXIDE ANGIOGRAPHY OF THE TRANSPLANTED KIDNEY - TECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS AND IMAGING FINDINGS, American journal of roentgenology, 171(5), 1998, pp. 1271-1276
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
American journal of roentgenology → ACNP
ISSN journal
0361803X
Volume
171
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1271 - 1276
Database
ISI
SICI code
0361-803X(1998)171:5<1271:CAOTTK>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
OBJECTIVE. We evaluated the usefulness of carbon dioxide as the primar y contrast material for renal transplant arteriography. CONCLUSION, Ca rbon dioxide accurately showed artery pathology including anastomotic and intrarenal stenoses, arteriovenous shunting, and diffuse arterial disease from chronic transplant rejection. Using carbon dioxide as a c ontrast agent reduced the volume of iodinated contrast material that n eeded to be used. Then was no procedure-associated nephrotoxicity.