ACC/AHA 2005 guidelines for the management of patients with peripheral arterial disease (lower extremity, renal, mesenteric, and abdominal aortic): executive …

AT Hirsch, ZJ Haskal, NR Hertzer, CW Bakal… - Journal of the American …, 2006 - jacc.org
These guidelines address the diagnosis and management of atherosclerotic, aneurysmal,
and thromboembolic peripheral arterial diseases (PADs). The clinical manifestations of PAD …

Childhood hypertension: an update on etiology, diagnosis, and treatment

SM Bartosh, AJ Aronson - Pediatric Clinics of North America, 1999 - Elsevier
Since the publication of the 1993 issue of Pediatric Clinics of North America that was
devoted entirely to childhood hypertension, much has been published relating to the …

Diagnostic tests for renal artery stenosis in patients suspected of having renovascular hypertension: a meta-analysis

GBC Vasbinder, PJ Nelemans… - Annals of internal …, 2001 - acpjournals.org
Purpose: To summarize and compare the validity of computed tomography angiography,
magnetic resonance angiography, ultrasonography, captopril renal scintigraphy, and the …

Radionuclides in nephrourology, Part 2: pitfalls and diagnostic applications

AT Taylor - Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2014 - Soc Nuclear Med
Radionuclide renal scintigraphy provides important functional data to assist in the diagnosis
and management of patients with a variety of suspected genitourinary tract problems, but the …

99mTc-MAG3: Review of pharmacokinetics, clinical application to renal diseases and quantification of renal function

K Itoh - Annals of nuclear medicine, 2001 - Springer
About 14 years have passed since Fritzberg et al. developed 99m Tc-MAG3 in 1986. The
biological properties of this radiopharmaceutical are somewhat different from radioiodine …

Imaging of renovascular hypertension: respective values of renal scintigraphy, renal Doppler US, and MR angiography

G Soulez, VL Oliva, S Turpin, R Lambert, V Nicolet… - Radiographics, 2000 - pubs.rsna.org
Renovascular hypertension affects 15%–30% of patients who have clinical criteria
suggestive of renovascular disease. Noninvasive screening is crucial for patient selection …

Radionuclide renography: a personal approach

A Taylor - Seminars in nuclear medicine, 1999 - Elsevier
Recent advances have increased the value of radionuclide renography in evaluating the
patient with suspected disease of the genitourinary tract. The use of the consensus process …

Clinical use of laboratory tests for the identification of secondary forms of arterial hypertension

GP Rossi, TM Seccia, AC Pessina - Critical Reviews in Clinical …, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
The prevalence of secondary hypertension can be underestimated if appropriate tests are
not performed. The importance of selecting patients with a high pre-test probability of …

New tools in diagnosing renal artery stenosis

EB Pedersen, JJ Cohen, JT Harrington… - Kidney …, 2000 - kidney-international.org
DISCUSSION Dr. E Rling B. P edersen (Professor of Nephrology, Aarhus University, and
Chief Physician, Department of Medicine, Holstebro Hospital, Holstebro, Denmark): The …

Duplex ultrasound as first-line screening test for patients suspected of renal artery stenosis: prospective evaluation in high-risk group

A Nchimi, J Biquet, D Brisbois, P Reginster, K Bouali… - European …, 2003 - Springer
Our objective was to assess how far the progress in ultrasound devices has increased
feasibility and accuracy of Duplex ultrasound (DUS) for the diagnosis of renal artery stenosis …