The evaluation of renal hemodynamics changes in Familial Mediterranean fever with color Doppler sonography |
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| Authors: | Ferhat Sezer Hulusi Egilmez Sevket Balta Kenan Varol Bilal Arik |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Radiology, Konya Numune Hospital, Konya, Turkey;2. Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey;3. Gulhane School of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Ankara, Turkey;4. Department of Radiology, Amasya University SS Education and Research Hospital, Amasya, Turkey;5. Department of Radiology, Mevlana University Faculty of Medicine, Konya, Turkey |
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| Abstract: | Background: Renal resistive index (RRI) scanned through renal Doppler is a practical marker employed in measuring blood flow in renal and intrarenal arteries and in noninvasive evaluation of renal vascular resistance. We aimed to investigate the renal hemodynamic variations in patients with Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF).Material and methods: Seventy-nine FMF patients and 51 healthy subjects suitable for age and sex were included. Patients were divided into two groups according to their urinary albumin excretion. Fifty-two patients with 0–29?mg/day albuminuria were included in the normoalbuminuric group while 27 patients with 30–299?mg/day albuminuria were included in the microalbuminuric group.Results: RRI values were higher in patients with FMF compared to the healthy subjects (p?p?=?0.002, p?p?=?0.013.Conclusion: RRI may be a marker that may be used in assessing resistance to renal blood flow, early renal damage, and progression of renal damage in FMF patients. |
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| Keywords: | Familial Mediterranean Fever renal resistive index urinary albumin excretion microalbuminuria kidney injury |
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