Ex vivo renal artery reconstruction is an extensive procedure used to treat complex aneurysms of the artery that supplies your kidney. It involves removing your kidney, repairing the artery, and ...

Dr. Conti: I'm Richard Conti in Hawaii. With me is Dr. Michael Jaff, a recognized vascular medicine expert, and we're talking about the controversy surrounding "Renal Artery Intervention: Who Gets ...

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 ...

Preoperative renal artery embolization of RCC with IVC thrombus may reduce blood loss and improve dissection outcomes in well-selected patients undergoing nephrectomy and thrombectomy. Preoperative ...

Compared with previous surgical iterations of the procedure, explains Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH, MBA, FACC, FAHA, FESC, MSCAI, Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital, newer and FDA-approved catheter-based ...

Credit: Medtronic. The Simplicity Spyral RDN system is designed to lower BP by delivering radiofrequency energy through the wall of the renal artery to denervate the kidney from sympathetic nerve ...

BOSTON, MA—Ultrasound-based renal denervation with the Paradise system (ReCor Medical) significantly reduces blood pressure in patients with uncontrolled hypertension who are not on antihypertensive ...

Renal transplantation does not stop or reverse coronary artery calcification (CAC), according to researchers. In a study that included 150 renal transplant recipients, CAC prevalence increased from 35 ...