Kidney transplantation – colour doppler and contrast-enhanced ultrasound in the early postoperative assessment of delayed graft function: retrospective results and pilot prospective findings
Matteo Zanchetta, Marika Morabito, Marta Ripamonti, Linda Liepa, Valentina Iori, Gian Luigi Adani, Andrea Coppola, Federico Fontana, Davide Inversini, K. T.-CEUS Workgroup, Giulio Carcano, Giuseppe Ietto · 2026
Read Kidney transplantation – colour doppler and contrast-enhanced ultrasound in the early postoperative assessment of delayed graft function: retrospective results and pilot prospective findings by Matteo Zanchetta, Marika Morabito, Marta Ripamonti, Linda Liepa, Valentina Iori, Gian Luigi Adani, Andrea Coppola, Federico Fontana, Davide Inversini, K. T.-CEUS Workgroup, Giulio Carcano, Giuseppe Ietto (2026) in the Tower of Babel, a free online library of public-domain works preserved in clean, searchable text. No sign-up. The full text is served as a plain-text file at a predictable URL, where text is present: https://antarctic-labs.com/tower-of-babel/PMC13543518.txt.
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Matteo Zanchetta's team studied ultrasound markers in 2026 for delayed graft function after kidney transplantation. That is when a new kidney is slow to start working and needs dialysis support in the first week. The retrospective arm covered 381 recipients scanned by colour Doppler on day one and before discharge. A prospective pilot added contrast-enhanced ultrasound, which tracks blood flow through the graft, in 25 more recipients.
Delayed function struck about nineteen percent of the retrospective group. A Doppler measure called the resistive index ran higher in those patients at both scans, tying sluggish blood flow to poor early function. In the small contrast pilot, the area-under-curve measure of enhancement separated the groups, with lower values in grafts that went on to delayed function. Standard Doppler already helps, the authors conclude, and contrast measures may add value once larger studies confirm them.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Matteo Zanchetta, Marika Morabito, Marta Ripamonti, Linda Liepa, Valentina Iori, Gian Luigi Adani, Andrea Coppola, Federico Fontana, Davide Inversini, K. T.-CEUS Workgroup, Giulio Carcano, Giuseppe Ietto |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 29601 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |