Renal Stress Testing in the Assessment of Kidney Disease

As part of human evolutionary development, many human organ systems have innate mechanisms to adapt to increased “work demand” or stress. This reserve capacity can be informative and is used commonly in cardiology to assess cardiac function (e.g., treadmill test). Similarly, the kidney possesses res...

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Main Authors: Lakhmir S. Chawla, Claudio Ronco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-05-01
Series:Kidney International Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468024916300067