Assessment of real-time and quantitative changes in renal hemodynamics in healthy overweight males: Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography vs para-aminohippuric acid clearance.
Marcel H A MuskietAnna L EmanuelMark M SmitsLennart TonneijckRick I MeijerJaap A JolesErik H SernéDaniël H van RaaltePublished in: Microcirculation (New York, N.Y. : 1994) (2019)
Contrast-enhanced ultrasonography can detect acute drug-induced changes human renal hemodynamics. CEUS-assessed renal cortical microvascular blood flow moderately associates with effective renal plasma flow, particularly when perfusion is in normal-to-high range. Renal CEUS cannot replace effective renal plasma flow measurements, but may be a complementary tool to characterize regional kidney perfusion.