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Is there a role for vascular intervention in patients with renal artery stenosis found during work up of resistant hypertension?

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Do you recommend renovascular intervention in patients with resistant hypertension due to renal artery stenosis?

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Nephrology · UAB Medicine
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The ASTRAL, STAR, and CORAL trials all attempt to this question in different patient populations. A portion of CORAL participants met the diagnostic criteria for resistant hypertension. What I have taken away from the data is that renal artery intervention can be helpful in fibromuscular dysplasia i...

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