Effects of renal artery stent implantation in patients with renovascular hypertension presenting with unstable angina or congestive heart failure.
This study evaluates the effect of renal artery stent implantation in patients with renovascular hypertension presenting with unstable angina (n = 20) or congestive heart failure (n = 28). There was a significant improvement in the Canadian Cardiovascular Society angina class and the New York Heart Association functional class, and at 8.4 +/- 6.4 month follow-up.
Khosla
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Ochsner Medical Institutions, New Orleans, Louisiana 70121, USA.
White
C J
CJ
Collins
T J
TJ
Jenkins
J S
JS
Shaw
D
D
Ramee
S R
SR
D000368:Aged; D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D006978:Hypertension, Renovascular / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012077:Renal Artery; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome