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Would you treat an ESKD patient with renal artery stenosis in an attempt to improve blood pressure control and preserve residual renal function?

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Nephrology · UAB Medicine

When a patient is dialyzing, the dialysis prescription and lifestyle factors, like salt and water intake, dominate blood pressure control. In both CORAL and ASTRAL trials, blood pressure control and residual renal function was not improved by renal artery intervention. For both of those reasons, I w...

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Nephrology · South County Nephrology And Hypertension

No.

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