Stenting and medical therapy for atherosclerotic renal-artery stenosis.

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Abstract

Atherosclerotic renal-artery stenosis is a common problem in the elderly. Despite two randomized trials that did not show a benefit of renal-artery stenting with respect to kidney function, the usefulness of stenting for the prevention of major adverse renal and cardiovascular events is uncertain.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): N. Engl. J. Med.

Title: The New England journal of medicine

Publisher: New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM/MMS)

ISSN (Electronic): 1533-4406

ISSN (Print): 0028-4793

Publication date (Electronic): Jan 02 2014

Volume: 370

Issue: 1

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[1 ] From the University of Toledo, Toledo, OH (C.J.C.); Rhode Island Hospital (T.P.M., L.D.D.) and Alpert Medical School of Brown University (T.P.M., L.D.D.) - both in Providence; Harvard Clinical Research Institute (D.E.C., J.M.M., R.B.D.), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (D.E.C.), Massachusetts General Hospital (M.R.J.), Brigham and Women's Hospital (E.F.L.), and Boston University School of Public Health (R.B.D.) - all in Boston; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (K.J.); University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio (W.H.); National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD (D.M.R.); Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City (D.J.C.); University of Virginia, Charlottesville (A.H.M.); University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (M.S.); Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York (M.R.P.); Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and University of Washington School of Medicine, Spokane (K.R.T.); Marshall University, Huntington, WV (J.I.S.); and Holy Name Medical Center, Teaneck NJ (J.H.R.).

Article

Mid ID: NIHMS561121

DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1310753

PMC ID: 4815927

PubMed ID: 24245566

SO-VID: 0f6d439f-244a-42ed-b715-a30fa4256769

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