FP075THE HISTOPATHOLOGIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RENAL RESISTIVE INDEX

The prognostic significance of renal resistive index in essential hypertension.

To the Editor: I read with great interest the paper by Doi et al that was very recently published in Hypertension. The authors demonstrated that, after a mean follow-up period of 3.1 years, renal resistive index (RI) has been found to be an independent predictor of worse cardiovascular and renal outcomes in essential hypertensive patients. Although the study is informative, some additional data...

Determinants and Prognostic Significance of the Renal Resistive Index

Background: The noninvasive assessment of renal hemodynamics is currently possible by assessing the renal resistive index (RRI) derived from intrarenal Doppler arterial waveforms as (peak systolic velocity – end-diastolic velocity)/peak systolic velocity. In this review, we outline the important determinants of the RRI to clarify the true identity of the RRI and highlight its potential diagnost...

Comment on the Paper by Cauwenberghs and Kuznetsova Entitled 'Determinants and Prognostic Significance of the Renal Resistive Index'.

BACKGROUND The noninvasive assessment of renal hemodynamics is currently possible by assessing the renal resistive index (RRI) derived from intrarenal Doppler arterial waveforms as (peak systolic velocity - end-diastolic velocity)/peak systolic velocity. In this review, we outline the important determinants of the RRI to clarify the true identity of the RRI and highlight its potential diagnosti...

Renal resistive index: a case of mistaken identity.

Diagnostic value of renal resistive index for the assessment of renal colic.

INTRODUCTION The aim of this study was to investigate the value of renal resistive index (RI) for the assessment of renal colic and to determine whether it is predictive of renal stone disease. METHODS A total of 70 participants were included in the research study. Group 1 comprised 43 patients with acute unilateral ureteral obstruction due to a stone disease (G1), while Group 2 consisted of ...