[Evaluation of renal oxygenation in rats with acute aristolochic acid nephropathy using blood oxygenation level-dependent magnetic resonance imaging].

CONCLUSIONS: BOLD MRI allows non-invasive measurement of renal oxygenation levels in rats with AAN. The increase of renal cortical and medullary R2* values, and particularly the latter, indicates a lowered renal oxygenation level, which provides potentially useful information for clinical decisions.
PMID: 31140415 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Journal of Southern Medical University - May 29, 2019 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Yang G, Mei Y, Lü J, Tao Q, Feng Y, Xu Y Tags: Nan Fang Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao Source Type: research