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J Am Soc Nephrol 11:2190-2198, 2000
© 2000 American Society of Nephrology

Correlation of Hemodynamic Impact and Morphologic Degree of Renal Artery Stenosis in a Canine Model

STEFAN O. SCHOENBERG*, MICHAEL BOCK*, FRIEDRICH KALLINOWSKI{dagger} and ARMIN JUST{ddagger}

* Department of Radiology, German Cancer Research Center, Germany
{dagger} Department of Surgery, University Hospitals, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
{ddagger} Institut für Physiologie und Pathophysiologie, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.

Correspondence to Dr. Armin Just, Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, Medical Science Research Building CB#7545, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599. Phone: 919-966-9933; Fax: 919-966-4960; E-mail: just{at}med.unc.edu

Abstract. In a noninvasive comprehensive magnetic resonance (MR) examination, the morphologic degree of renal artery stenosis was correlated to corresponding changes in renal artery flow dynamics. Different degrees of stenosis were created with the use of a chronically implanted inflatable arterial cuff in seven dogs. For each degree of stenosis, an ultrafast three-dimensional gadolinium MR angiography with high spatial resolution was performed, followed by cardiac-gated MR flow measurements with high temporal resolution for determination of pulsatile flow profiles and mean flow. Flow was also measured by a chronically implanted flow probe. In three of the dogs, trans-stenotic pressure gradients ({Delta}P) also were measured via implanted catheters. Five different degrees of stenosis could be differentiated in the MR angiograms (0%, 30%, 50%, 80%, >90%). The MR flow data agreed with the flow probe within ±20%. Stenoses between 30 and 80% gradually reduced the early systolic peak (Max1) of the flow profile but only minimally affected the midsystolic peak (Max2) or mean flow. Stenoses of more than 90% significantly depressed mean flow by more than 50%. The ratio between Max1 and Max2 (Rmax1/2) gradually fell with the degree of stenosis. The onset of significant mean flow reduction and {Delta}P was indicated by a drop of Rmax1/2 below 1 to 1.2. Thus, the analysis of high-resolution flow profiles allows detection of early hemodynamic changes even at degrees of stenoses not associated with a reduction of mean flow. Rmax1/2 allows differentiation of the grade of hemodynamic compromise for a given morphologic stenosis independent of mean flow in a single comprehensive MR examination.




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