RENAL ARTERY REMODELING IN PATIENTS WITH CARDIOVASCULAR PATHOLOGY
HS Makarenko, NJ Nelassov, AA Shepelev · Ultraschall in der Medizin - European Journal of Ultrasound · 2005 · Heft 09
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Purpose: The aim of this investigation was to study characteristics of renal artery remodeling in patients with hypertension and ischemic heart disease. Methods and Materials: The population of this study consisted of 143 patients (males and females, aged from 16 to 80 years) with hypertension (79 patients; group 1), ischemic heart disease (21 patients; group 2) and 44 healthy persons (group 3). An ALOKA SSD 4000 ultrasound imaging system was used in this study. Examination was performed with convex 2–6MHz transducer. The main renal artery path, peak systolic, end diastolic velocities in main, segmental, interlo…