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Review
. 2018 Dec;20(12):1739-1744.
doi: 10.1111/jch.13410. Epub 2018 Oct 25.

Renal resistive index in hypertensive patients

Ioannis Andrikou  1 , Costas Tsioufis  1 , Dimitris Konstantinidis  1 , Alexandros Kasiakogias  1 , Kyriakos Dimitriadis  1 , Ioannis Leontsinis  1 , Eirini Andrikou  1 , Elias Sanidas  2 , Ioannis Kallikazaros  3 , Dimitris Tousoulis  1
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Review

Renal resistive index in hypertensive patients

Ioannis Andrikou et al. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2018 Dec.

Abstract

Spectral Doppler ultrasonography provides the evaluation of renal resistive index (RRI), a noninvasive and reproducible measure to investigate arterial compliance and/or resistance. RRI seems to possess an important role in the evaluation of diverse cases of secondary hypertension. In essential hypertension, RRI is associated with subclinical markers of target organ damage and reflects renal disease progression beyond albuminuria and creatinine clearance. Also, RRI can estimate cardiovascular and renal risk. The evaluation of RRI may also help the therapeutic decisions. Given its simple assessment, RRI emerges as a simple method and a "multifunctional" tool that could help on the cardiovascular risk evaluation of the hypertensive patient.

Keywords: hypertensive nephropathy; renal disease; renal hemodynamics; renal resistive index.

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RRI measurement. With the permission of Journal of Hypertension
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