After a conversation that I had today with a general ultrasound technologist I have a question. Does anybody here who does renal artery Doppler studies consider the study for that kidney completed and stop upon determining that the renal/aortic ratio is > 3.5, or, do you continue and try to get all of the additional data and views that are generally obtained in a complete renal artery study? Thank you for any response.
Norman Paley, BS, RVT
Technical Director Vascular Laboratory
Richmond University Medical Center
Staten Island, New York