Renal artery aneurysms (RAAs) are usually incidental findings during investigation of other pathologies; the majority remain asymptomatic. Larger RAAs can present with haematuria, hypertension, renal ...

The effect of renal artery stenting on renal function was assessed by comparing the slopes of the regression lines derived from the reciprocal of serum creatinine versus time plotted before and after ...

Medically reviewed by David Ozeri, MD Renal ultrasound (kidney ultrasound) is a safe, noninvasive imaging test that uses sound waves to create images of your kidneys and bladder. It helps ...

Transthoracic Echo, Arterial Duplex, ABI, Venous, Extracranial, Visceral (Renal, Aorta, Iliac) IV start exp - strongly preferred. EPIC experience required.

Initially based on histology, the diagnosis of renal artery fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) is now based mostly on angiographic appearance because arterial tissue samples are rarely available. This ...

This report presents a case of therapy-resistant nephrolithiasis caused by a migrated metal coil after renal artery coil embolization.

Effects of renal artery stenosis and intrarenal vascular disease Angiotensin II causes a preferential increase in efferent arteriolar tone, helping to maintain GFR when afferent arteriolar pressure is ...

Conclusions Our data demonstrated that a significant portion of stented carotid arteries will display elevated PSVs that are greater than the accepted normal value for a native carotid artery.

Quality control in off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery can be done efficiently using ultrasound color flow imaging. Due to the excessive tissue movement of the beating heart, new ...

Thickening of intima-media complex in the common carotid artery is a biomarker of atherosclerosis. To automatically measure this thickness, we propose a region-based segmentation method, involving a ...