Progression of chronic renal failure

TY Henry - Archives of internal medicine, 2003 - jamanetwork.com
Chronic renal failure is characterized by a persistently abnormal glomerular filtration rate.
The rate of progression varies substantially. Several morphologic features are prominent …

Pharmacotherapy for heart failure in patients with renal insufficiency

MG Shlipak - Annals of internal medicine, 2003 - acpjournals.org
Clinical trials have demonstrated that angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors,-
blockers, and spironolactone improve survival in patients with heart failure. Because …

Impact of renal insufficiency in patients undergoing primary angioplasty for acute myocardial infarction

HM Sadeghi, GW Stone, CL Grines, R Mehran… - Circulation, 2003 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—The prognostic importance of renal insufficiency (RI) in patients undergoing
primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) has …

Survival after stenting of severe atherosclerotic ostial renal artery stenoses

T Zeller, C Müller, U Frank, K Bürgelin… - Journal of …, 2003 - journals.sagepub.com
Purpose: To examine long-term survival after angioplasty and stenting of atherosclerotic
renal artery stenosis (RAS). Methods: Over a 5-year period, 241 consecutive patients (153 …

Cardiovascular complications in the diabetic patient with renal disease: an update in 2003

R Dikow, E Ritz - Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Coronary heart disease [defined as myocardial infarction, angina, history of bypass surgery,
percutaneous transluminal coronary angiography (PTCA) or pathology on coronary …