A case of renal artery stenosis after transplantation: Can losartan be more accurate than captopril renography?

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 731-734

  Fuster, David ^a   Marco, Ma Paz ^a   Setoain, Francesc J ^a   Oppenheimer, Federico ^a   Lomeña, Francisco ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Captopril; Hypertension; Losartan; Renal Transplantation; Tc 99m DTPA Renography

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CAPTOPRIL; DIURETIC AGENT; LOSARTAN; MINOXIDIL; PENTETATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; KIDNEY ARTERIOGRAPHY; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RENOGRAPHY; RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CAPTOPRIL; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, RENOVASCULAR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LOSARTAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOISOTOPE RENOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RENAL ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; TECHNETIUM TC 99M PENTETATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031763817     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-199811000-00001     Document Type: Article

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