Spiral CT quantification of aorto-renal calcification and its use in the detection of atheromatous renal artery stenosis: A study in 42 patients

CardioVascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-21

  Gayard, Pierre ^a   Garcier, Jean Marc ^a   Boire, Jean Yves ^a   Ravel, Anne ^a   Perez, Nessim ^a   Privat, Christian ^a   Lucien, Pascal ^a   Viallet, Jean François ^a   Boyer, Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF CLERMONT FERRAND   (France)

Author keywords

Calcification; CT; Hypertension; Renal artery; Stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY ANGIOGRAPHY; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL ARTERY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC DISEASES; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CALCINOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, RENOVASCULAR; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RENAL ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034126190     PISSN: 01741551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002709910003     Document Type: Article

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