Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty in the treatment of renovascular hypertension: sequential prospective study

OBJECTIVE: to evaluate the use of percutaneous transluminal renal angioplasty (PTRA) in the treatment of renal vascular hypertension. DESIGN: sequential prospective PTRA treatment of severe arterial hypertension, screening by the captopril test, confirmed by renal arteriography, and the result evalu...

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Main Authors: Fausto Miranda Jr., Maria del Carmen Janeiro Perez, Frida Plavnik, João Francisco Jr., Emil Burihan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Paulista de Medicina
Series:São Paulo Medical Journal
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31801998000100004&lng=en&tlng=en