Can focused US with a diagnostic US contrast agent favorably affect renal function?
basic_science · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1148/radiol.2533091498.
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Abstract
Focused ultrasonography (US) with simultaneous administration of a US microbubble contrast agent was used to transiently increase the glomerular filtration rate while altering the sieving properties of glomeruli in normal rabbits. In its current form, this process has very limited application potential to states of abnormal renal function.
Medical subject headings
- Contrast Media
- Fluorocarbons
- Glomerular Filtration Rate
- Kidney
- Kidney Diseases
- Ultrasonics