Cortical tissue perfusion in renal transplants was quantified noninvasively from color Doppler signal data in an easily accomplishable manner. Renal transplants showed a marked decline in tissue perfusion after transplantation. Perfusion is significantly lower in transplant function loss with elevated serum creatinine.
: With the novel TPI, we could demonstrate significant differences between proximal and distal cortical perfusion, between compromised and well-functioning transplants, and could observe significant changes of transplant perfusion at various points at the posttransplantation time scale.
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