Changes in renal function over time in outpatients with eGFR ≥ 30 mL/min/1.73 m: implication for timing of renal function testing before contrast-enhanced CT imaging.

Purpose: To evaluate the associations between comorbidities and kidney function decline at 6-month and 1-year follow-up in outpatients with initial estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) ≥ 30 mL/min/1.73 m.

Materials And Methods: Outpatients aged 18 and older with confirmed diagnosis, who had eGFR ≥ 30 mL/min/1.

Use of Non-Contrast-Enhanced MR Angiography to Assess Recanalization after Uterine Artery Embolization.

The purpose of this study was to examine the use of non-contrast-enhanced MR angiography (MRA) for assessing recanalization of uterine arteries (UAs) after uterine artery embolization (UAE) for symptomatic fibroids. Pre-procedural and follow-up unenhanced MRA images of 30 patients were reviewed, and the extent to which the UAs could be visualized was classified on a 4-point scale. An increase in the score between consecutive time points indicates that a previously inconspicuous segment of the UA became visible on follow-up images.

Comparison of 1.5 T and 3 T non-contrast-enhanced MR angiography for visualization of uterine and ovarian arteries before uterine artery embolization.

Objectives: This study aimed to compare the performance of non-contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography (NCE-MRA) at 1.5 T and 3 T for the visualization of uterine and ovarian arteries (OAs) before uterine artery embolization (UAE).

Methods: Preprocedural pelvic NCE-MRA images of 85 symptomatic patients undergoing UAE for the treatment of uterine leiomyomas were reviewed by two specialists in pelvic MRI.