Baseline Brain-to-Pelvis Imaging Predicts Subsequent Arterial Complications in Patients With Renal Artery Dissection
Alexandre Persu1, Simina Ciurică1,2, Marco Pappaccogli1,3
1Division of Cardiology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc and Pole of Cardiovascular Research, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium (A.P., S.C., M.P.).
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|June 9, 2021
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