Status:
UNKNOWN
The Efficacy of Color-Doppler Ultrasonography to Assess the Renal Blood Flow With the Estimation of GFR
Lead Sponsor:
University of Roma La Sapienza
Conditions:
Hypertension
Renal Failure
Eligibility:
All Genders
30-80 years
Brief Summary
It is generally assumed that renal blood flow is symmetric in the absence of renal artery stenosis. The importance of studying the function of both kidneys separately is because it cannot be assumed t...
Detailed Description
To validate color Doppler ultrasonography of renal arteries for the assessment of renal blood flow (RBF), we comparing left and right RBF estimates and their sum (total RBF) by echo-Doppler with data ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients with hypertension
- Patients with moderate renal insufficiency
- Normal subjects
Exclusion
- Patients with solitary kidney function
- Patients with renal artery stenosis
- Patients underwent renal angioplasty and stenting
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2006
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
May 1 2007
Estimated Enrollment :
2006 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00470769
Start Date
September 1 2006
End Date
May 1 2007
Last Update
May 8 2007
Active Locations (3)
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1
Giorgio Fuiano
Catanzaro, Italy, 88020
2
University of Rome La Sapienza
Roma, Italy, 00100
3
Rosario Cianci
Rome, Italy, 00100