Poor performance of diagnostic tests for atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis--discrepancies between stenosis and renal function

Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2007 Mar;22(3):689-92. doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfl673. Epub 2006 Dec 15.

Authors

Thomas Klaas Alphons Wierema¹, Abraham Anthonie Kroon, Peter Wilhelmus de Leeuw

Affiliation

¹ FAHA, Department of Medicine, University Hospital Maastricht, PO Box 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht, The Netherlands.

PMID: 17172254
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfl673

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Angiography / methods*
Atherosclerosis / complications*
Atherosclerosis / diagnosis
Diagnostic Errors
Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
Male
Middle Aged
Renal Artery Obstruction / diagnosis*
Renal Artery Obstruction / etiology
Reproducibility of Results
Severity of Illness Index
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods