Technology Insight: Clinical role of magnetic resonance angiography in the diagnosis and management of renal artery stenosis

Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 329-338

  Dellegrottaglie, Santo ^a   Sanz, Javier ^a   Rajagopalan, Sanjay ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Magnetic resonance angiography; Vascular disease

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; GADOLINIUM; RADIOISOTOPE;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FIBROMUSCULAR DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NEPHROTOXICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION; REVIEW;

ALGORITHMS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL TRIALS; CONTRAST MEDIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; META-ANALYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREVALENCE; RENAL ARTERY; RENAL ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 33744519406     PISSN: 17434297     EISSN: 17434300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpcardio0556     Document Type: Review

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