TY - JOUR T1 - Angioplasty was no better than medication for reducing blood pressure or slowing disease progression in renal artery stenosis JF - Evidence Based Medicine JO - Evid Based Med SP - 171 LP - 171 DO - 10.1136/ebm.5.6.171 VL - 5 IS - 6 A2 - , Y1 - 2000/11/01 UR - http://ebm.bmj.com/content/5/6/171.abstract N2 - (2000) N Engl J Med 342, 1007. van Jaarsveld BC, Krijnen P, Pieterman H. , et al, for the Dutch Renal Artery Stenosis Intervention Cooperative Study Group.. The effect of balloon angioplasty on hypertension in atherosclerotic renal-artery stenosis.. Apr 6;. :. –14.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science
 
 QUESTION: In patients with atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis who have normal or mildly impaired renal function, is balloon angioplasty as effective as antihypertensive drug treatment for reducing blood pressure? Randomised (allocation concealed*), blinded {outcome assessors}†,* controlled trial with 12 months follow up. 26 clinical centres in the Netherlands. 106 patients (mean age 60 y, 62% men) with renal artery stenosis measured by renal arteriography (reduction in luminal diameter ≥50%) and normal to mildly impaired renal function (serum creatinine level ≤2.3 mg/dl [200 μmol/l]). Exclusion criteria were cancer, hypertension caused by a condition other than renovascular disease, unstable coronary artery disease, heart failure, or pregnancy. Follow up was 98%. 56 patients were allocated to … ER -