Ultrasonography

Renal Arteries in Patients at Risk of Renal Arterial Stenosis: Multicenter Evaluation of the Echo-enhancer SH U 508A at Color and Spectral Doppler US

Abstract

PURPOSE: To assess SH U 508A in the diagnosis of suspected renal arterial stenosis by means of ultrasonography (US) and to confirm the safety of SH U 508A in a clinical setting.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: A randomized crossover study was performed in 198 patients from 14 European centers who were referred for renal arterial angiography because they were suspected of having renal arterial stenosis. All patients underwent nonenhanced and SH U 508A–enhanced Doppler US of the renal arteries. Doppler criteria included measurement of renal arterial peak systolic velocity (threshold, 1.4–2.0 m/sec) in all centers and renoaortic ratio (threshold, 3.0–3.5) in nine.

RESULTS: The number of examinations with successful results increased following enhanced Doppler US examination—160 (83.8%) compared with 122 (63.9%) with nonenhanced Doppler US (P = .001), including patients with obesity or renal dysfunction. Renal arterial stenosis (≥50%) was detected at angiography in 72 patients. Results at enhanced Doppler US were in agreement with results at angiography more often than with results at nonenhanced Doppler US in the diagnosis or exclusion of renal arterial stenosis (P = .001). For patients examined with nonenhanced and enhanced Doppler US, sensitivity (80.0% and 83.7%, respectively) and specificity (80.8% and 83.6%, respectively) remained unchanged. There were no clinically important adverse events following use of SH U 508A.

CONCLUSION: In patients suspected of having renal arterial stenosis, SH U 508A increased the number of diagnostic renal arterial Doppler studies.

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