Angiography in the Diagnosis of Renal Allograft Dysfunction

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Abstract
Retrospectively 75 renal transplant arteriograms done during a 7-yr period were reviewed. Acute rejection and vasomotor nephropathy were not differentiated. Generalized cortical ischemia was diagnosed correctly in 23 of 30 cases, but there were 7 false negative results. Renal artery stenosis was found in 7 of 17 cases in which the main indication for arteriography was hypertension. The major role of transplant arteriography apparently was in the diagnosis of larger vessel disease.