Expected headings
"Technique"
"Significance"
"Reasons for elevated values"
"Reasons for elevated values in a transplant kidney"
"Reasons for decreased values"
"The renal resistive index is a nonspecific prognostic marker in vascular diseases that affect the kidney. High resistive indices (>0.8) in native kidneys are associated with renal dysfunction and adverse cardiovascular events 7,8. In renal transplant recipients, high resistive indices (>0.8) are associated with increased risk of graft loss and death 9. There is thought to be little correlation between the resistive indices and the quantitative extent of renal dysfunction (measured by serum creatinine values) 2."