Aortic coarctation suspected by Doppler echocardiography of renal arteries in hypertensive patients referred to a hospital outpatient hypertension clinic

Italian Heart Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 424-427

  Cuspidi, Cesare ^a,b   Meani, Stefano ^a   Valerio, Cristiana ^a   Fusi, Veronica ^a   Catini, Eleonora ^a   Magrini, Fabio ^a   Zanchetti, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aortic coarctation; Hypertension; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA COARCTATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RENAL ARTERY; RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTIC COARCTATION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, RENOVASCULAR; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RENAL ARTERY;

EID: 23844455296     PISSN: 1129471X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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