99mTc diethylenetriaminepentacetic acid angiotension-coverting enzyme inhibitor renography as screening test for renovascular hypertension in unilateral small kidney: A prospective study
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Renovascular hypertension: a noninvasive screening approach using captopril renography.
BACKGROUND Noninvasive cost-effective screening of hypertensive patients for renovascular hypertension is a desirable approach to a rare disorder. Currently many patients are screened with angiography, which is both invasive and expensive. METHODS A MEDLINE search from 1985 through July 1994 using the key words "renovascular hypertension," "noninvasive," "screening" generated 16 references. W...
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عنوان ژورنال: World Journal of Nuclear Medicine
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1450-1147
DOI: 10.4103/1450-1147.144815