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Renal-Artery Stenosis

Year: 2009

Type: review

Abstract: A 73-year-old former smoker with a history of hypertension presents with shortness of breath. His blood pressure is 160/75 mm Hg, and his serum creatinine level is 1.4 mg per deciliter. Chest auscultation reveals diffuse rales. His condition improves with diuretics. Imaging shows a diseased aorta and a high-grade ostial lesion of the left renal artery. How should he be further evaluated and treated?

Source: New England Journal of Medicine

DOI: 10.1056/nejmcp0809200

Authors: Lance D. Dworkin, Christopher J. Cooper

Institutions: Brown University, University of Toledo

Language: English

Topic: Renal and Vascular Pathologies

Subfield: Nephrology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute