Determination of glomerular filtration rate using dynamic CT-angiography: simultaneous acquisition of morphological and functional information.

Objectives: To determine the feasibility of a dynamic CT angiography-protocol in regard to simultaneous assessment of morphology and function.

Method And Materials: Fourteen patients with renal graft dysfunction received a dynamic computed tomography angiography (CTA) using a 128-slice CT-scanner with continuous bi-directional table movement, allowing to cover a scan range of 18 cm within 1.75 seconds.

A calcineurin antagonist-free induction/maintenance strategy for immunosuppression in elderly recipients of renal allografts from elderly cadaver donors: long-term results from a prospective single centre trial.

Background: With the aim to improve the inferior outcomes in elderly recipients of kidneys from elderly cadaver donors, we applied and investigated a therapeutic regimen consisting of calcineurin inhibitor (CNI)-free, mycophenolate mofetil (MMF)-based immunosuppressive (i.s.) induction/maintenance protocol.