EFFECTS OF RENAL-ARTERY STENT IMPLANTATION IN PATIENTS WITH RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION PRESENTING WITH UNSTABLE ANGINA OR CONGESTIVE-HEART-FAILURE

Authors
KHOSLA S WHITE CJ COLLINS TJ JENKINS JS SHAW D RAMEE SR
Citation
S. Khosla et al., EFFECTS OF RENAL-ARTERY STENT IMPLANTATION IN PATIENTS WITH RENOVASCULAR HYPERTENSION PRESENTING WITH UNSTABLE ANGINA OR CONGESTIVE-HEART-FAILURE, The American journal of cardiology, 80(3), 1997, pp. 363
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The American journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029149
Volume
80
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(1997)80:3<363:EORSII>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
This study evaluates the effect of renal artery stent implantation in patients with renovascular hypertension presenting with unstable angin a (n = 20) or congestive heart failure (n = 28). There was a significa nt improvement in the Canadian Cardiovascular Society angina class and the New York Heart Association functional class, and at 8.4 +/- 6.4 m onth follow-up.