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NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION
Volume 26, Issue 4, Pages 1205-1210Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfq538
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Magnetic resonance imaging; Blood level oxygen dependent; Renal artery stenosis; Renal atrophy; Outer medulla
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- AMGEN
- University Claude Bernard of Lyon (EZUS)
- Societe de Nephrologie
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Background. A decrease in renal oxygen content can be measured non-invasively by the increase of the R2* value derived from blood oxygen level-dependent magnetic resonance imaging (BOLD MRI). The aim of this study was to test if renal hypoxia occurs in kidneys downstream a chronic and unilateral renal artery stenosis. Methods. Chronic renal ischaemia was induced in rats using a calibrated clip inserted on the right renal artery. R2* was determined, using a multiple recalled gradientecho sequence, before and once a week after a clip insertion over 4 weeks, in a group of clipped (n = 8) and sham-operated (n = 7) rats. Results. At baseline, in stenotic kidneys, R2* was higher in the outer stripe of outer medulla (105 +/- 4.6) and the outer medulla (99 +/- 2.5) than in the cortex (84 +/- 2.5; P < 0.002 for comparison with both areas). R2* was unchanged in the cortex, the outer stripe of outer medulla and the outer medulla in stenotic kidneys, sham-operated kidneys and contralateral kidneys during the 4 weeks. Mean blood pressure was higher in rats with clipped kidney than in sham-operated rats from Day 11 and remained increased thereafter. The renal volume increased progressively in sham-operated kidneys and contralateral kidneys, whereas it slightly decreased in stenotic kidneys. Conclusions. Our study shows that after 4 weeks, no renal hypoxia can be detected in the kidney downstream to a renal artery stenosis, suggesting that atrophy could be induced by other factors.
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