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Gross morphological and ultrasonographic dimensions of normal feline kidney with reference to resistive index.

Mohamed Ahmed Maher, Laura Palacio, Juan C Henao, Samar H Elsharkawy

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Mohamed Ahmed MaherDepartment of Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Giza Square, P.O. 12211, Cairo, Egypt. Mohamed.om32@cu.edu.eg.ORCID 0000-0002-7040-7813
Laura PalacioDepartment of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, Xavier University School of Veterinary Medicine Aruba "XUSOVM", Dutch Caribbean, Oranjestad, Aruba.
Juan C HenaoDepartment of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, Xavier University School of Veterinary Medicine Aruba "XUSOVM", Dutch Caribbean, Oranjestad, Aruba.
Samar H ElsharkawyDepartment of Surgery, Anesthesiology and Radiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Giza Square, P.O. 12211, Cairo, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0002-9496-6601

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Ultrasonography with color Doppler is the most quantitative analysis method for intra-renal parameters. There is a wide variation between authors in the measurement site and referencing the inter-lobar resistivity index (RI) in felines. Our objective is to morphometrically and ultrasonographically investigate the normal renal dimensions and vasculatures and draw up a normal reference value for the renal inter-lobar artery resistivity index (RI) using a Pulsed wave-Doppler ultrasonography. A total of twelve adult domestic cats were sedated and treated according to IACUC regulation guidelines to be examined using Doppler ultrasound. The same cats were used for morphometric investigation and divided into three groups regarding the used technique. The size difference between the right and left kidneys is slight, measuring 17 g (weight), 3.65 ± 0.06 cm (length), 2.54 ± 0.08 cm (width), and 2.21 ± 0.03 cm (thickness) for the right kidney, and about 15 g, 3.42 ± 0.06 cm, 2.32 ± 0.05 cm, and 2.13 ± 0.03 cm for the left one, respectively. There are three patterns of renal arteries' point of origin. The mean RI values of both kidneys were 0.57 ± 0.08 (0.50-0.67) in the right kidney and 0.60 ± 0.08 (0.51-0.69) in the left kidney. The gross examination and ultrasonography measurements did not have a statistically different effect on the actual renal dimensions. Moreover, 0.69 is considered the standard resistivity index (RI) threshold of the feline inter-lobar artery with no correlation to the animal's body weight.

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KidneyRenal ArteryAnimalsCatsFemaleMaleReference ValuesUltrasonographyUltrasonography, DopplerUltrasonography, Doppler, ColorVascular ResistanceAnatomyCatDoppler ultrasonographyInter-lobar arteryResistive index

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