Intermittent claudication and severe renal artery stenosis are independently associated in hypertensive patients referred for renal arteriography

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the association between the presence of clinical symptoms of peripheral artery disease and severe renal artery stenosis in patients referred for renal angiography. METHOD: We included 82 patients with clinical suspicion of renovascular hypertensi...

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Main Authors: Thiago Andrade Macedo, Luciano Ferreira Drager, Rodrigo Pinto Pedrosa, Henrique Cotchi Simbo Muela, Valeria Costa-Hong, Luiz Junia Kajita, Luiz Aparecido Bortolotto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculdade de Medicina / USP
Series:Clinics
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322017000700411&lng=en&tlng=en