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 ...

IT has been known for many years that obstruction to one or both renal arteries in man could result in hypertension (the Goldblatt kidney). Many patients suspected of this disorder have, in the past, ...

A number of imaging modalities exist to diagnose RAS, ranging from invasive diagnostic arteriography to noninvasive duplex ultrasonography, magnetic resonance arteriography (MRA), computed tomographic ...

Stenosis of the renal artery by extrinsic compression is an infrequent cause of renovascular hypertension. In rare cases the compression is because of the presence of fibres from a crus of the ...

Renal artery stenosis is the narrowing of one or both blood vessels to the kidneys. The renal arteries bring blood from the heart to the kidneys to help filter waste and remove excess bodily fluid.

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 ...

A CT angiogram can provide detailed imagery of the blood vessels that go into the kidneys to help diagnose renal artery stenosis. (Photo Credit: ZEPHYR/Science Source) Most of the time, renal artery ...

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, ...