We collect all data... The original purpose is to determine the etiology of hypertension and/or abnormal lab values. You will not have the entire picture with a partial study.

Jack
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-----Original Message-----
From:         Nancy Hohn <[log in to unmask]>
Date:         Thu, 6 May 2010 05:56:48 
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Renal artery Doppler, partial study If positive?

We still collect all the data.  Even if you find RAS, if the kidney is
atrophied with little to no flow, why put in a stent?  If the kidney is
still large and has good flow, a stent will help.
Nancy

-----Original Message-----
From: UVM Flownet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Norman
Paley
Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 9:08 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Renal artery Doppler, partial study If positive?


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

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