New intrarenal echo-Doppler velocimetric indices for the diagnosis of renal artery stenosis

Kidney International

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 580-587

  Bardelli, M ^a   Veglio, F ^b   Arosio, E ^c   Cataliotti, A ^d   Valvo, E ^c   Morganti, A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^e SAN PAOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Echo Doppler velocimetric indices; Hypertension; Renal artery stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY ANGIOGRAPHY; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION; SCREENING TEST; SYSTOLE; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; COHORT STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, RENAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RENAL ARTERY; RENAL ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; RENAL CIRCULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYSTOLE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 31544463820     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ki.5000112     Document Type: Article

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