Hua Zhou1, Min Yang1, Zhenxing Jiang2, Jiule Ding2, Jia Di1, Li Cui3. 1. Department of Nephrology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, China. 2. Department of Medical Imaging, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, China. 3. Department of Urology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, China.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Blood oxygen level-dependent (BOLD)-MRI is a novel and noninvasive tool that can assess renal oxygenation. The R2* value is a parameter of tissue deoxyhemoglobin concentration detected by BOLD-MRI. The purpose of the current study was to determine the relationships between renal R2* values and clinical parameters and to determine whether renal R2* values were associated with the risk for progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD). METHODS: Sixty patients with CKD were enrolled in this prospective observational study in China from March 2013 to August 2014. A region of interest-based BOLD-MRI was performed to obtain cortical and medullary R2* (CR2* and MR2*) values. Data on demographics and clinical characteristics were collected. The primary end point (CKD progression) was defined as an absolute 30% decline in the estimated glomerular filtration rates (eGFR; CKD-Epidemiology Collaboration equations) or initiation of dialysis during follow-up. RESULTS: The CR2* and MR2* values in patients with CKD were significantly higher compared with those of healthy controls. The CR2* levels were positively associated with 24-h urinary protein excretion, blood urea nitrogen, creatinine, and uric acid but negatively associated with baseline eGFR, 24-h creatinine clearance, eGFR slope, serum albumin, and the use of angiotensin II type 1 receptor blockade. The CR2* levels had the highest areas under the curve during follow-up compared with the MR2* levels and medullary cortical ratios. The Kaplan-Meier survival analysis showed that patients with CKD in the lowest tertile of the CR2* levels had the best prognosis compared with the other 2 tertiles. Moreover, baseline eGFR and CR2* tertiles were associated with the progression of CKD in Cox proportional hazard regression models. Only CR2* tertiles correlated negatively with the eGFR slope. CONCLUSION: We have demonstrated that the clinical feasibility of BOLD-MRI to evaluate renal oxygenation and cortex hypoxia aggravates with the decline of renal function, and cortex hypoxia was a prognostic marker in the progression of CKD.
BACKGROUND: Blood oxygen level-dependent (BOLD)-MRI is a novel and noninvasive tool that can assess renal oxygenation. The R2* value is a parameter of tissue deoxyhemoglobin concentration detected by BOLD-MRI. The purpose of the current study was to determine the relationships between renal R2* values and clinical parameters and to determine whether renal R2* values were associated with the risk for progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD). METHODS: Sixty patients with CKD were enrolled in this prospective observational study in China from March 2013 to August 2014. A region of interest-based BOLD-MRI was performed to obtain cortical and medullary R2* (CR2* and MR2*) values. Data on demographics and clinical characteristics were collected. The primary end point (CKD progression) was defined as an absolute 30% decline in the estimated glomerular filtration rates (eGFR; CKD-Epidemiology Collaboration equations) or initiation of dialysis during follow-up. RESULTS: The CR2* and MR2* values in patients with CKD were significantly higher compared with those of healthy controls. The CR2* levels were positively associated with 24-h urinary protein excretion, blood ureanitrogen, creatinine, and uric acid but negatively associated with baseline eGFR, 24-h creatinine clearance, eGFR slope, serum albumin, and the use of angiotensin II type 1 receptor blockade. The CR2* levels had the highest areas under the curve during follow-up compared with the MR2* levels and medullary cortical ratios. The Kaplan-Meier survival analysis showed that patients with CKD in the lowest tertile of the CR2* levels had the best prognosis compared with the other 2 tertiles. Moreover, baseline eGFR and CR2* tertiles were associated with the progression of CKD in Cox proportional hazard regression models. Only CR2* tertiles correlated negatively with the eGFR slope. CONCLUSION: We have demonstrated that the clinical feasibility of BOLD-MRI to evaluate renal oxygenation and cortex hypoxia aggravates with the decline of renal function, and cortex hypoxia was a prognostic marker in the progression of CKD.
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