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