European Heart Journal Advance Access published online on October 23, 2009
European Heart Journal, doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehp455
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Acute and chronic renal artery stenosis
1 Department of Hematology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX, Utrecht, The Netherlands
2 Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584CX Utrecht, The Netherlands
3 Department of Vascular Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX, Utrecht, The Netherlands
* Corresponding author. Tel.:+31 88 755 5555, Fax:+31 30 252 3741, Email: n.w.c.j.vandedonk@umcutrecht.nl
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An 89-year-old woman was admitted for acute left-sided back pain and oliguric acute renal failure. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography of the abdomen demonstrated reduced perfusion of the hypotrophic right kidney (7.5 cm) due to