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<b>Prediction of Clinical Response After Renal Angioplasty:</b> Respective Value of Renal Doppler Sonography and Scintigraphy

Gilles Soulez, Éric Thérasse, Salah D. Qanadli, Daniel Froment, Michel Léveillé, Viviane Nicolet, Sophie Turpin, Marie-France Giroux, Marie Claude Guertin, Vincent L. Oliva

American Journal of Roentgenology · 2003 · 55 citations · 34 references

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Abstract

Measurements of kidney length and unilateral and bilateral resistive indexes before and after captopril administration were useful in predicting the outcome after renal angioplasty. Renal scintigraphy had no significant predictive value.

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