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Multiparametric MRI for Early Chronic Kidney Disease Detection: Insights Into Renal Microcirculation.

Key takeaways

Blood flow in the kidney's tiny vessels gets worse early, before standard blood tests show the kidney filtering rate (eGFR) dropping. This study checked whether an MRI scan that needs no contrast dye can pick up that early change. It compared 54 people with kidney disease confirmed by biopsy, 25 mild and 29 moderate to severe, against 20 healthy people matched for age and sex. It looks back at existing scans, so it shows a link between scan readings and disease severity, not proof that the scan predicts what comes next.

Who did this work

Zha T (Department of Radiology, Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China.) · Pan L (Department of Radiology, Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China.) · Yang Y (Department of Nephrology, Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China.) · Du Y (Department of Radiology, Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China.) · Chen Y (Department of Radiology, Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China.) · Wen Q (MR Research, GE Healthcare, Beijing, China.) · Chen J (Department of Radiology, Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China.) · Jiang Z (Department of Radiology, Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China.) · Xing W (Department of Radiology, Third Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China.)

Source

Paper · Europe PMC, CKD · 2026-09-01
https://doi.org/10.1002/nbm.70358