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Renal artery stenosis (RAS) is common among patients with atherosclerosis, and is found in 20–30% of individuals who undergo diagnostic cardiac catheterization. Renal artery duplex ultrasonography is ...
A number of imaging modalities exist to diagnose RAS, ranging from invasive diagnostic arteriography to noninvasive duplex ultrasonography, magnetic resonance arteriography (MRA), computed tomographic ...