Influence and critique of the ASTRAL and CORAL trials

Seminars in Vascular Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 162-166

  Sarac, Timur P ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CREATININE;

ANGIOPLASTY; ARTERY SURGERY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NEPHROSCLEROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RENAL ARTERY STENTING; RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION; REVASCULARIZATION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; STUDY DESIGN; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ANGIOPLASTY, BALLOON; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RENAL ARTERY; RENAL ARTERY OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 83455195627     PISSN: 08957967     EISSN: 15584518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semvascsurg.2011.11.001     Document Type: Article

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