Renal Artery Stenosis Predicts Coronary Artery Disease in Patients with Hypertension

Thiago A. Macedo; Rodrigo P. Pedrosa; Valeria Costa-Hong; Luiz J. Kajita; Gustavo R. Morais; Jose J. G. De Lima; Luciano F. Drager; Luiz A. Bortolotto

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0058635

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Renal Artery Stenosis Predicts Coronary Artery Disease in Patients with Hypertension

Thiago A. Macedo ,

* E-mail: thiago.cardio@gmail.com

Affiliation Hypertension Unit, Cardiology Division, Heart Institute (InCor) do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Rodrigo P. Pedrosa,

Affiliation Hypertension Unit, Cardiology Division, Heart Institute (InCor) do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Valeria Costa-Hong,

Affiliation Hypertension Unit, Cardiology Division, Heart Institute (InCor) do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Luiz J. Kajita,

Affiliation Hemodynamic Laboratory, Cardiology Division, Heart Institute (InCor) do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Gustavo R. Morais,

Affiliation Hemodynamic Laboratory, Cardiology Division, Heart Institute (InCor) do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Jose J. G. De Lima,

Affiliation Hypertension Unit, Cardiology Division, Heart Institute (InCor) do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Luciano F. Drager,

Affiliation Hypertension Unit, Cardiology Division, Heart Institute (InCor) do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Luiz A. Bortolotto

Affiliation Hypertension Unit, Cardiology Division, Heart Institute (InCor) do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Renal Artery Stenosis Predicts Coronary Artery Disease in Patients with Hypertension

Thiago A. Macedo,
Rodrigo P. Pedrosa,
Valeria Costa-Hong,
Luiz J. Kajita,
Gustavo R. Morais,
Jose J. G. De Lima,
Luciano F. Drager,
Luiz A. Bortolotto

Published: March 14, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0058635

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