human cytomegalovirus (hcmv, cmv) is a major infectious complication of renal transplantation. the objective of this survey was to optimize and establish a polymerase chain reaction (pcr) technique for rapid and early detection of cmv disease in renal transplant recipients. in a cross sectional study, a total of eighty-one edta-blood samples were collected as simple nonrandomized (sequential) w...

severe coronary artery disease often coexists with peripheral vascular atherosclerosis. the assessment of the supra-aortic circulation is, therefore, of clinical relevance. we herein describe a case of coronary artery disease treated with surgical revascularization using the internal mammary artery and thereafter the progressive atherosclerotic disease of the native coronary arteries as well as...

case presentation a preterm neonate with suspicious rt renal mass and oligohydramnios at prenatal ultrasound was hospitalized due to respiratory distress and hypertension. although postnatal ultrasound showed enlarged echogenic rt kidney and normal sized echogenic lt kidney, regarding to linear array transducer findings, arpkd was considered rather than renal mass. the diagnosis was confirmed a...

background: to investigate the relationship between renal stone formation and osteoporosis. methods: eight hundred thirty healthy subjects aged between 20 and 76 years were randomly selected from 50 clusters to take part in the study. of these, 68 (8.2%) had a previous history of renal stone disease. all participants underwent clinical exami nation and bone mineral densitometry of the lumbar sp...

Background It is important to find a predictor for the course of Idiopathic Nephrotic Syndrome for better planning of treatment. Renal cortical echogenicity in ultrasonography has been postulated as a marker for the course of renal disease. The present study aimed at evaluating the relationship between renal cortical echogenicity and the course...

Abstract Background: Renal transplantation (RT) is the transplantation of a kidney into a patient with end-stage renal disease and has become the treatment of choice for most patients with end-stage renal disease. The knowledge of renal vascular variations is of a great importance for the surgeons who approach the kidneys from the retroperitoneal o...

isolated renal hydatid disease is a rare endemic infestation caused by larval form of echinococcus granulosus . hydatiduria is an uncommon presentation of renal hydatid disease. in 2012 a 34-year-old female referred to razi hospital, rasht, iran with complaints of right flank pain and grape-like material in urine. diagnosis was made by ultrasonography and ct scan. the patient was treated surgic...

conclusions graft failure is more likely to occur in patients with higher serum creatinine levels. results there was a positive association between the serum creatinine level and graft failure (hr = 5.13, p < 0.001). a one unit increase in the serum creatinine level suggests an increased risk of graft failure of up to 5.13 times. the serum creatinine level significantly decreased over time (95%...