Quantitative assessment of microperfusion by indocyanine green angiography in kidney transplantation resembles chronic morphological changes in kidney specimens.

Ulrich RotherKerstin AmannWerner AdlerNina NawrothIoannis KarampinisMichael KeeseSerhat ManapSusanne RegusAlexander MeyerStefan PorubskyKarl HilgersBernhard K KrämerWerner LangKai NowakAndreas L H Gerken

Published in: Microcirculation (New York, N.Y. : 1994) (2019)

In summary, fluorescence angiography reflects preexisting morphological changes of the renal cortex. ICG angiography may serve as an alternative method for the assessment of microperfusion of the kidney allograft.

Keyphrases

kidney transplantation
optical coherence tomography
computed tomography
functional connectivity
fluorescence imaging
quantum dots