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, ...

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 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 ...

June 24, 2009 — Patients with atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis (ARAS) may not benefit significantly from renal stenting, according to the results of a randomized controlled trial reported in the ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...