Frequency of renal artery stenosis and variants of renal vascularization in hypertensive patients: Analysis of 1550 angiographies in one centre

Journal of Human Hypertension

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 396-401

  Kuczera, P ^a   Wloszczynska E ^a   Adamczak, M ^a   Pencak, P ^a   Chudek, J ^a   Wiecek A ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; IOPROMIDE; MEGLUMINE DIATRIZOATE;

ADULT; AGE; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY ANGIOGRAPHY; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY BLOOD VESSEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROSCLEROSIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; RENAL ARTERY ANEURYSM; STROKE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; ANGIOGRAPHY, DIGITAL SUBTRACTION; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTENSION, RENOVASCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POLAND; PREVALENCE; RENAL ARTERY; RENAL ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 67349244435     PISSN: 09509240     EISSN: 14765527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jhh.2008.149     Document Type: Article

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