When renal artery stenosis occurs, the body can sense an inadequate amount of blood is reaching the kidneys. The body then ...

Atherosclerotic renal-artery stenosis may be overlooked as a cause of renal insufficiency, 64–67 but it should be considered, since it is potentially reversible when treated early. 21,24,25,27 ...

Renal artery stenosis can lead to high blood pressure and kidney damage. Learn about its symptoms, causes, diagnosis, and treatment approaches.

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Renal artery stenosis most commonly happens when cholesterol plaque builds up in the renal arteries (atherosclerosis). About 90% of cases of renal artery stenosis are from atherosclerosis.

Renal artery stenosis (RAS) is a condition in which the arteries that supply blood to the kidneys narrow. The renal arteries are responsible for carrying oxygen-rich blood to your kidneys, which ...

Treatment of renal artery stenosis Date: August 22, 2014 Source: University Hospitals Case Medical Center Summary: Renal artery stenting to open blockages in the kidney arteries may benefit ...

Renal artery stenosis (RAS) is common among patients with atherosclerosis. In this Review, Drs White and Olin outline the clinical problem of atherosclerotic RAS and its diagnosis, and critically ...

One study found that revascularization with renovascular stenting for atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis reduces antihypertensive pill burden but not adverse cardiovascular or renal outcomes, ...

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 ...

THE appreciation of renal-artery lesions as a cause of systemic hypertension began with the work of Goldblatt et al.1 in 1934. This experimental finding was immediately implicated in human hyperten ...

With this in mind, several noninvasive and invasive imaging and functional tools have been adopted for use in renal intervention to try and improve the prediction of which lesion and which patient ...