Renal artery stenosis most commonly happens when cholesterol plaque builds up in the renal arteries (atherosclerosis). About 90% of cases of renal artery stenosis are from atherosclerosis.

Renal artery stenosis can lead to high blood pressure and kidney damage. Learn about its symptoms, ... With less blood reaching the kidneys, the body mistakes it for low blood pressure.

Low evidence for benefits, ... Benefits Low for PTRAS vs Medical Therapy in Renal Artery Stenosis. Publish Date August 18, 2016 (HealthDay News) — For ...

In 1958 and again in 1961 he suffered documented myocardial infarctions and since then had been maintained on warfarin sodium (Coumadin ... associated with renal-artery stenosis was found in a 68 ...

We performed a renal angiogram, which showed right-sided atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis . We managed her symptoms conservatively with 5 mg amlodipine daily and 10 mg atorvastatin daily, with ...

In a single-centre cohort of 60 patients with renal artery stenosis, Haller and colleagues found low baseline levels of circulating CD40 and baseline creatinine level to be associated with loss of ...

Background . Renal artery stenosis (RAS) is defined as the narrowing of the lumen of the renal artery. Atherosclerosis accounts for 90 percent of cases of RAS.

Other investigators have presented conflicting evidence concerning the specificity of angiotensin infusion as a test for renal-artery stenosis. 3–5 We had previously demonstrated that patients ...

The CORAL Study. Renal-artery stenosis first became popular during the 1990s on the heels of several nonrandomized studies, with the number of procedures increasing by 364% between 1996 and 2000 ...

All the patients had renal artery stenosis and poorly controlled hypertension or renal failure. The stent platform used in the majority of patients was a low profile, over-the-wire 0.0018-inch ...