Kiss my astral: One seriously flawed study of renal stenting after another

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 305-307

  White, Christopher J ^a  

^a OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ANGIOPLASTY; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY ISCHEMIA; RENAL ARTERY STENTING; REVASCULARIZATION; STENT;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RENAL ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 76049103045     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.22416     Document Type: Editorial

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