Is the routine screening for significant atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis during coronary angiography/intervention indispensable?

Journal of Zhejiang University: Science B

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 83-

  Babic, Srdjan ^a,b   Nezic, Dusko ^a,b   Radak, Djordje ^a,b  

^a Institute for Cardiovascular Disease Dedinje   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERIOGRAPHY; ATHEROSCLEROTIC RENAL ARTERY STENOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; GOLD STANDARD; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; KIDNEY ARTERY STENOSIS; LETTER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NEPHROSCLEROSIS; NEPHROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; RENAL ARTERY OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 84872450913     PISSN: 16731581     EISSN: 18621783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1631/jzus.B1200240     Document Type: Letter

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