Renal artery stenosis (RAS) is one of the causes of both arterial hypertension (renovascular hypertension) and chronic kidney disease (ischaemic nephropathy). The most common aetiology of RAS is ...

Renal artery stenting to open blockages in the kidney arteries may benefit patients who have historically been excluded from modern clinical trials, according to new recommendations for renal artery ...

This is a multicenter cross-sectional descriptive-analytical study on the prevalence and predictors of RAS in hypertensive patients undergoing coronary angiography between April 2007 and May 2008 at ...

Atherosclerotic renal artery disease remains an important and growing clinical problem associated with an aging population suffering from higher rates of atherosclerosis and chronic kidney disease. In ...

AS A result of Goldblatt's studies on experimental hypertension, reported in 1937, 1 there has been a revival of interest and investigation in renal-artery occlusion as a cause of hypertension in man.

Atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis may manifest as progressive renal dysfunction, difficult-to-manage hypertension and cardiac disturbance syndromes. While dilating the stenotic lesion in the renal ...

The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions today published an expert consensus statement that is designed to help clinicians determine the patients who may benefit most from renal ...

OCCLUSION of both renal arteries or their branches by emboli is not a common cause of acute anuria. Recognition of this entity is important, nevertheless, for a combination of prompt surgical ...

SAN DIEGO—Reducing renal volume using a renal artery embolization technique is feasible and effective for treating symptomatic autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), Japanese ...

Renal artery stenting plus medical treatment is no better than medical treatment alone at preventing progression of renal impairment in patients with atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis (ARAS), ...

The announcement from Medtronic in January has apparently brought down curtain on the much-heralded approach to the treatment of refractory hypertension using radiofrequency renal artery sympathetic ...

MIAMI BEACH, FLA.—Renal denervation was the focus of discussion during two presentations at TCT 2012. One presenter reviewed novel devices in the field, while another focused on new targets for the ...