There is always great excitement in the blood pressure clinic when we encounter a patient with renal artery stenosis. In the majority this is due to atheromatous renal artery stenosis (ARAS). Some of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among patients with atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis, the strength of evidence for the relative benefits ...

A year after treatment, 65% of patients with renovascular hypertension experienced improvement. CHICAGO—Most patients with renovascular hypertension experience improved BP control and improved or ...

Background: Atheroemboli are the rule in any intervention and the leading cause of complications during percutaneous coronary intervention, carotid angioplasty (CAS), and probably after renal ...

Atheromatous renal artery stenosis (ARAS) accounts for 70–90% of stenotic lesions of the renal artery. 1, 2 By impairing renal perfusion, ARAS primarily causes two clinical symptoms: renal impairment ...

CHICAGO, Ill. (April 1, 2008) — The largest-ever randomized study to evaluate the effectiveness of catheter-based interventions in patients with narrowing of the renal artery has shown that ...

The annual number of Medicare beneficiaries who underwent renal artery interventional procedures to unblock arteries more than doubled between 1996 and 2000, with much of the growth attributed to more ...

NEW ORLEANS—Renal artery angioplasty and stenting may help improve outcomes in kidney transplant recipients who have stenosis in their transplanted renal artery, researchers reported at the Society of ...

Patients with renal artery stenosis who receive percutaneous revascularization on top of medical management may need fewer antihypertensive medications after treatment. But they derive no clinical ...

TCT 1911: Optical Coherence Tomography Characterization of Intramural Hematoma in the Superficial Femoral Artery: First-of-Its-Kind Imaging Case With IVUS Comparison Highlighting Superior Resolution ...

Peripheral artery angioplasty is a procedure to treat peripheral arterial disease of the legs. The procedure widens narrowed arteries in the pelvis or legs. It can help blood flow better. This may ...

Renal artery stenosis is increasingly diagnosed in patients suffering from hypertension, renal insufficiency and in multivascular diseased patients. PTRA stenting is a treatment option that has a high ...