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Other Methods to Assess Renal Damage

Fernando MartinezG. PichlerJosep Redon

subject

medicine.medical_specialtyProteinuriaRenal damagebusiness.industryRenal functionGold standard (test)urologic and male genital diseasesmedicine.diseaseRenal calciumTarget organ damageRenovascular hypertensionOrgan damageInternal medicinemedicineCardiologymedicine.symptombusiness

description

Although glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and proteinuria remain gold standard in the evaluation of renal target organ damage, imaging techniques and image-derived parameters allow for both assessment of renal function and estimation of cardiovascular risk. Enhancement in digital image processing permits dynamic measurement of renal vascular and intraparenchymal processes in real time. The most relevant in terms of clinical use to assess hypertension-induced organ damage are the renal resistive index (RRI), renal calcium score, and functional magnetic resonance imaging.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2015-01-01
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15603-3_16