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What are the current indications for the captopril plasma renin activity test, captopril renography, duplex ultrasonography, and magnetic resonance angiography?

This approach focuses on improving intermittent claudication, coronary artery disease, hyperlipidemia, and diabetes mellitus.

The language barrier, poverty, and limited access to health care raise the risk of inadequate diagnosis and control of hypertension in this growing population.

Assessment of systolic and diastolic function is important in the follow-up of hypertensive patients and in the choice of therapy.

Some drugs are better at maintaining renal function in hypertensive patients. Here are insights to more effective drug selection and combination therapy.

Cyclosporine shows promise in renal disease, but randomized, controlled trials are needed to better define how and when to use it.

Screening for coronary artery disease before transplantation can identify high -risk patients and save lives and money.

Early detection, prophylactic or preemptive therapy of specific infections, and collaboration between the infectious disease clinician and the transplant team are fundamental.

Approximately two thirds of US patients receive inadequate dialysis. What is the cause and what can be done?