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Background <p>Renal transplant (RT) remains the optimal treatment for end-stage renal disease and early complications might be detected in the postoperative period to improve long-term outcomes. To this regard, contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) could be utilized to evaluate RT functional recovery and potentially detect acute rejection (AR) and/or renal ischemia signs.</p> Materials and methods <p>Observational study of 107 consecutive patients waitlisted for RT. Participants underwent conventional ultrasound (CUS) and color-doppler-ultrasound (CDUS) to evaluate resistive index of segmental and interlobar arteries and quantitative CEUS techniques recording the following perfusion parameters: peak intensity (PI-c), rising time (RT-c), area under (AUC-c) the time intensity curve (TIC), time to peak (TTP-c) and mean transit time (MTT-c).</p> Results <p>CEUS parameters sensibility and specificity to predict AR in the early post-operative period resulted in: 90% and 69% for PI-c, 95% and 64% for RT-c, 85% and 65% for AUC-c. The overall diagnostic performance of these three CEUS parameters in comparison to the same in CUS and CDUS resulted in a sensitivity and specificity of 95% and 49%, versus 85% and 46%, respectively, therefore CEUS examination with the analysis of PI-c, RT-c and AUC-c values increases the diagnostic sensitivity in predicting AR by approximately 15–20% compared to CDUS and by 30–40% compared to CUS.</p> Conclusion <p>CEUS could be routinely included in RT follow-up, as it shows to be a non-invasive helpful diagnostic tool for early detection of renal graft complications, selecting patients eventually in need of further confirmation.</p>

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Multiparametric ultrasound for non-invasive evaluation of kidney graft function

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    2025年4月4日

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  • Maria Irene Bellini,
  • Sergio Angeletti,
  • Daniele Fresilli,
  • Mattia Di Segni,
  • Gian Marco Lo Conte,
  • Raponi Flavia,
  • Manuela Garofalo,
  • Renzo Pretagostini,
  • Corrado De Vito,
  • Patrizia Pacini,
  • Vito D’Andrea,
  • Angelo Barbato,
  • Francesco M. Drudi,
  • Marcello Caratozzolo,
  • Vito Cantisani

摘要

Background

Renal transplant (RT) remains the optimal treatment for end-stage renal disease and early complications might be detected in the postoperative period to improve long-term outcomes. To this regard, contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) could be utilized to evaluate RT functional recovery and potentially detect acute rejection (AR) and/or renal ischemia signs.

Materials and methods

Observational study of 107 consecutive patients waitlisted for RT. Participants underwent conventional ultrasound (CUS) and color-doppler-ultrasound (CDUS) to evaluate resistive index of segmental and interlobar arteries and quantitative CEUS techniques recording the following perfusion parameters: peak intensity (PI-c), rising time (RT-c), area under (AUC-c) the time intensity curve (TIC), time to peak (TTP-c) and mean transit time (MTT-c).

Results

CEUS parameters sensibility and specificity to predict AR in the early post-operative period resulted in: 90% and 69% for PI-c, 95% and 64% for RT-c, 85% and 65% for AUC-c. The overall diagnostic performance of these three CEUS parameters in comparison to the same in CUS and CDUS resulted in a sensitivity and specificity of 95% and 49%, versus 85% and 46%, respectively, therefore CEUS examination with the analysis of PI-c, RT-c and AUC-c values increases the diagnostic sensitivity in predicting AR by approximately 15–20% compared to CDUS and by 30–40% compared to CUS.

Conclusion

CEUS could be routinely included in RT follow-up, as it shows to be a non-invasive helpful diagnostic tool for early detection of renal graft complications, selecting patients eventually in need of further confirmation.