Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 51, Issue 6 , Pages 1574-1580.e1 , June 2010

Primary stenting for atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis

  • Olivier Steichen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de Paris, Centre d'Investigations Cliniques, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Université Paris Descartes, Faculté de Médecine, Paris, France
  • ,
  • Laurence Amar, MD

      Affiliations

    • Service d'Hypertension Artérielle, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Université Paris Descartes, Faculté de Médecine, Paris, France
  • ,
  • Pierre-François Plouin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Service d'Hypertension Artérielle, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Université Paris Descartes, Faculté de Médecine, Paris, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Prof Pierre-François Plouin, Service d'Hypertension Artérielle, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, 20-40 rue Leblanc, 75015 Paris, France

Received 23 October 2009 ,Accepted 31 January 2010.

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PII: S0741-5214(10)00306-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2010.02.011

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 51, Issue 6 , Pages 1574-1580.e1 , June 2010