More than 90% of the time, renal artery stenosis is caused by atherosclerosis, a process in which plaque made up of fats, cholesterol, and other materials builds up on the walls of the blood vessels, ...

Treating atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis and renal dysfunction by stenting is not supported by conclusive evidence, despite inclusion of this procedure in some practice guidelines (J Am Coll ...

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 ...

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 ...

High blood pressure is the most common chronic medical condition in the U.S., and the most common identifiable cause is renal artery stenosis. Renal artery stenting is a widely performed but ...

[In relatively asymptomatic patients] revascularization ... seems to offer no benefits over medical treatment... Atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis is associated with cardiovascular disease and a ...

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 ...

An interventional cardiologist and two nephrologists debate the issue at a major medical conference. ORLANDO—More than 30,000 Americans with atherosclerotic renovascular disease (ARVD) undergo ...

The body's cardiovascular system ensures that oxygen -- and nutrient-rich blood reaches each organ in order for them to function properly. When renal artery stenosis (RAS) occurs, not only does ...

Dr Williams Ifechukwu, a Consultant with a private hospital in Abuja, has attributed old age as a major cause of renal artery stenosis. Ifechukwu, in an interview with our reporter on Tuesday in Abuja ...

The term renal artery stenosis (RAS) applies to a cluster of disease conditions with varying etiologies. The most prominent among them are fibromuscular dysplasia and atherosclerotic RAS (ARAS). 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 ...