Use of Doppler Ultrasonography to Predict the Outcome of Therapy for Renal-Artery Stenosis

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Abstract
Prospectively identifying patients whose renal function or blood pressure will improve after the correction of renal-artery stenosis has not been possible. We evaluated whether a high level of resistance to flow in the segmental arteries of both kidneys (indicated by resistance-index values of at least 80) can be used prospectively to select appropriate patients for treatment.