title: [Indications for balloon angioplasty of the renal arteries: to revisit?].
abstract: Presentation in several international conferences, at the stage of design and interim results of randomized trials regarding the appropriateness of percutaneous endovascular correction of renal artery stenosis has raised some questions among clinicians, including nephrologists. What lessons should get the interventional radiologist now published the first results?
authors.affiliation: Pôle d'imagerie, service de radiologie B, centre hospitalier universitaire, EA 3295, université d'Auvergne Clermont-1, 58, rue Montalembert, BP 69, 63003 Clermont-Ferrand, France. lboyer@chu-clermontferrand.fr
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Boyer
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cassagnes
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ravel
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chabrot
mesh_terms: D000792:Angiography; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D047228:Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Blockers / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D006978:Hypertension, Renovascular / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D011643:Publishing; D015642:Radiology, Interventional; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012078:Renal Artery Obstruction / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D047228:Angiotensin II Type 1 Receptor Blockers; D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors; D003404:Creatinine