Physiologic Assessment of Renal Artery Stenosis. Will History Repeat Itself?**Editorials published in the Journal of American College of Cardiology reflect the views of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of JACC or the American College of Cardiology.

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1856-1858

  Fearon, William F ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORONARY ARTERY PRESSURE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY ANGIOGRAPHY; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; PLASMA RENIN ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; RENAL ARTERY OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 33750450871     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2006.08.005     Document Type: Editorial

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