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Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE B (Biomedicine & Biotechnology)  2013, Vol. 14 Issue (1): 83-83    DOI: 10.1631/jzus.B1200240
Letters to the Editor     
Is the routine screening for significant atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis during coronary angiography/intervention indispensable?
Srdjan Babic, Dusko Nezic, Djordje Radak
Institute for Cardiovascular Disease "Dedinje", Belgrade, Serbia; School of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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Abstract  We read the article Screening for significant atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis with a regression model in patients undergoing transradial coronary angiography/intervention" by Pu et al. (2012), published in Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE B (Biomedicine & Biotechnology), with great interest. Of particular interest to us was the part considering the logistic regression model in this specific cohort of patients for future screening for significant atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis (ARAS). Although arteriography represents the gold standard for evaluation of ARAS, this exam is invasive and requires nephrotoxic iodinated contrast media which makes it less suitable as a first option for diagnosis or screening. Several non-invasive assessment tools, such as Doppler ultrasound and non-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography, have high sensitivity and specificity rates, but also have certain shortcomings.

Key words： Transradial coronary angiography/intervention      ARAS      Doppler ultrasound     
Received: 07 September 2012      Published: 08 January 2013
CLC:  R543.5  
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Srdjan Babic, Dusko Nezic, Djordje Radak. Is the routine screening for significant atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis during coronary angiography/intervention indispensable?. Journal of Zhejiang University-SCIENCE B (Biomedicine & Biotechnology), 2013, 14(1): 83-83.

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