Atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis: How big is the problem, and what happens if nothing is done?

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2005, Pages

  Textor, Stephen C ^a,b  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor; Renal artery angioplasty; Renal artery stenosis; Renovascular hypertension

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; RAMIPRIL;

AORTOGRAPHY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DRUG EFFECT; GEOGRAPHY; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; KIDNEY FAILURE; MEDICARE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEPHRECTOMY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENOVASCULAR DISEASE; RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION; REVASCULARIZATION; REVIEW;

EID: 27944443668     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hjh.0000192096.83302.02     Document Type: Review

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