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Renovascular Hypertension: The Medical Point of View

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Clinical Aspects of Renovascular Hypertension

Part of the book series: Developments in Surgery ((DISU,volume 4))

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Abstract

In summarizing the major points of this symposium on renal vascular hypertension, I will concentrate on screening tests, tests to determine if a lesion is causing the hypertension and a discussion comparing medical therapy to surgical therapy and percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA).

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  1. C. E. Grim
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Surgery, Leiden University Hospital, Rijnsburgerweg 10, 2333 AA, Leiden, The Netherlands

    R. van Schilfgaarde MD

  2. Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Medical School, 1405 E. Ann Street, 48109, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    J. C. Stanley MD

  3. Department of Nephrology, Leiden University Hospital, Rijnsburgerweg 10, 2333 AA, Leiden, The Netherlands

    P. van Brummelen MD

  4. Department of Radiology, Leiden University Hospital, Rijnsburgerweg 10, 2333 AA, Leiden, The Netherlands

    E. H. Overbosch MD

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Grim, C.E. (1983). Renovascular Hypertension: The Medical Point of View. In: van Schilfgaarde, R., Stanley, J.C., van Brummelen, P., Overbosch, E.H. (eds) Clinical Aspects of Renovascular Hypertension. Developments in Surgery, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6717-5_18

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