CT Renal Angiogram

[Teshie27]

Has anyone here tried CT Renal Angiogram?

One Neph is suggesting I should do it

The other said it's not worth the risk since it won't increase the size of my kidney anymore

Your thoughts?

GFR's 60 btw

[WYOAnne]

When I was diagnosed with ckd, one of my kidneys when ultrasounded was larger than the other. The hospital did an angiogram because they thought I might have an obstruction. The test showed I did not have one. I don't know what the feeling is now about doing the test or not doing it. I was diagnosed in 1992, moving on to a transplant in 1999. I would weigh the pros and cons of having it done and seriously looking at all of the risks. Talk to the doctor again and do some research on your own.

[Teshie27 in reply to WYOAnne]

Did you experience any remarkable pain a few weeks after the procedure? Did you notice if it affected your GFR significantly and/or negatively?

I hope you're doing well. I wonder what caused for you to have to undergo the transplant. So which one has the issue, the larger one or the other?

What's your condition called?

[WYOAnne in reply to Teshie27]

At the time I had the test done I was in the hospital and was having other tests done too. They were trying to determine what caused my kidney failure. I have FSGS (Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis) . My kidneys were getting all scarred up and shrinking because of it. All was due to my having strep throat when I was 9 years ago. A couple months after I had nephritis - an inflammation in the kidneys. 30 years later I was in kidney failure. My larger, Drs thought healthier kidney, was biopsied and had the angiogram. Both of my kidneys had the disease. Although it's been many years ago, I don't remember having any lasting effects from that test. I did have some bleeding after my kidney biopsy and had to lay flat for while. I am now 19 years post transplant and doing well. My creatinine continues to be 0.9. I had a deceased donor that was 16 and his kidney was a 4/6 match for the tissue markers.

For me, the angio was to see if there was any blockage to my kidneys. There wasn't, so they proceeded with the kidney biopsy.