Percutaneous revascularization of the renal arteries offers no evidence of clinical benefit in patients with atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis - the astral trial

Journal of Clinical Hypertension

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 292-294

  Bloch, Michael J ^a,b   Basile, Jan N ^c,d  

^a University of Nevada Medical School   (United States)

^b Saint Mary's   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ARTERIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENOVASCULAR DISEASE; REVASCULARIZATION;

EID: 77952481666     PISSN: 15246175     EISSN: 17517176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7176.2010.00268.x     Document Type: Article

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