Assessment of renal artery stenosis: Side-by-side comparison of angiography and duplex ultrasound with pressure gradient measurements

European Heart Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 517-524

  Drieghe, Benny ^a   Madaric, Juraj ^a   Sarno, Giovanna ^a   Manoharan, Ganesh ^a   Bartunek, Jozef ^a   Heyndrickx, Guy R ^a   Pijls, Nico H J ^b   De Bruyne, Bernard ^a  

^a CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Belgium)

^b CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Angioplasty; Pressure; Renal hypertension; Stenosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; END DIASTOLIC VELOCITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY ANGIOGRAPHY; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEAK SYSTOLIC VELOCITY; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL TO AORTIC RATIO; RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, RENOVASCULAR; RENAL ARTERY; RENAL ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX;

EID: 39349085008     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehm631     Document Type: Article

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