Factors that may play a role in these disappointing results regarding preservation of renal function include the global burden of atherosclerosis, renal parenchymal and small vessel arterial disease, ...

People who suffer from a narrowing of the arteries that lead to the kidneys, or renal artery stenosis, do not experience better outcomes when renal stenting is used finds a national research trial.

Introduction: The effect of stent-assisted percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) for renal artery stenosis (RAS) on systolic (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) as well as renal function, ...

The role of endovascular therapy in patients with renal artery stenosis continues to be very controversial. Two reports have added notable findings to the growing body of evidence on this subject. The ...

Dr. Lance Dworkin, professor of medicine at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and a physician at Lifespan and University Medicine, and Dr. Tim Murphy, professor of diagnostic ...

The latest randomized trial to investigate the benefits of percutaneous revascularization for renal artery stenosis (RAS) finds no improvement with stenting vs. medical therapy alone across all ...

Patients with hypertension and renal artery stenosis due to Takayasu’s arteritis who were not responsive to percutaneous balloon angioplasty alone experienced reductions in BP when treated with ...

When the Cardiovascular Outcomes in Renal Atherosclerotic Lesions (CORAL) study determined that renal revascularization really did not benefit most elderly patients with renal artery stenosis (N Engl ...

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 ...

Introduction: There are no systematic tools to predict blood pressure (BP) or renal function (RF) improvement after stent-assisted percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) for atherosclerotic renal ...

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 ...

According to the findings from an American national research trial, people who suffer from a narrowing of the arteries that lead to the kidneys, or renal artery stenosis, do not experience better ...