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, ...

Recent trials of percutaneous revascularization for the treatment of renal artery stenosis have been disappointing. In many cases, essential hypertension coexists with the presence of renal artery ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Compared with medical management, how common is stenting as a treatment for renal artery stenosis? Dr. Dworkin: We are unaware of recently published data on the frequency with which stenting is ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In patients with persistently high blood pressure despite optimal medical therapy and prior renal artery stenting, renal denervation shows a high rate of efficacy with no vascular complications out to ...

Fibromuscular dysplasia and atherosclerosis are the causes of renal artery stenosis. Indications to con-sider stenting of atherosclerotic renovascular disease include refractory hypertension and ...