Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 28, Issue 1 , Pages 14-22 , July 1998

Prophylactic repair of renal artery stenosis is not justified in patients who require infrarenal aortic reconstruction

Presented at the Twelfth Annual Meeting of the Western Vascular Society, Lana'i, Hawaii, Sep. 27–Oct. 1, 1997.

Received 7 October 1997 ,Accepted 15 December 1997.

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    Kaplan-Meier survival curve. Group A, no renal artery stenosis; group B, 1% to 29% stenosis; group C, 30% to 69% stenosis; group D + E, ≥70% stenosis. There was no significant difference between group

    Kaplan-Meier survival curve. Group A, no renal artery stenosis; group B, 1% to 29% stenosis; group C, 30% to 69% stenosis; group D + E, ≥70% stenosis. There was no significant difference between groups. Age and comorbidities are not addressed in this survival curve (see text and Table IX).

☆ From the Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Oregon Health Sciences University and Portland Department of Veterans Affairs Hospital.

☆☆ Reprint requests: Gregory L. Moneta, MD, Professor of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, OP-11, Oregon Health Sciences University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd., Portland, OR 97201.

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Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 28, Issue 1 , Pages 14-22 , July 1998

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