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Association Between 2 Angiographic Subtypes of Renal Artery Fibromuscular Dysplasia and Clinical Characteristics
Author(s) -
Sébastien Savard,
O. Steichen,
Arshid Azarine,
Michel Azizi,
Xavier Jeunemaı̂tre,
PierreFrançois Plouin
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.112.117499
Subject(s) - medicine , fibromuscular dysplasia , renal artery , radiology , magnetic resonance angiography , angiography , revascularization , renovascular hypertension , blood pressure , computed tomography angiography , magnetic resonance imaging , kidney , myocardial infarction
Initially based on histology, the diagnosis of renal artery fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) is now based mostly on angiographic appearance because arterial tissue samples are rarely available. This retrospective cross-sectional study aimed to assess the clinical relevance of a binary angiographic classification of FMD lesions (unifocal or multifocal) based on computed tomographic or magnetic resonance angiography.

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