Top renal artery Articles in Nephrology

Angio-Embolization of Renal Artery Pseudoaneurysm after Renal Biopsy: A Case Report
Renal Failure, 10/22/2009

Mima A et al. – Renal artery pseudoaneurysm is a rare clinical entity that has been reported after renal biopsy, percutaneous renal surgery, penetrating trauma, and rarely blunt renal trauma. The authors ... ndash;year–old man with ruptured renal artery pseudoaneurysm accompanied by massive gross hematuria, urinary clot retention, and bladder tamponade, which were the presenting signs seven hours after renal biopsy. [more...]

Mechanisms of Tissue Injury in Renal Artery Stenosis: Ischemia and Beyond
Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases, 11/20/2009

Lerman LO et al. – Recent data using novel methodologies demonstrate that intra–renal oxygenation is heterogeneously affected in different regions of the kidney. Activation of such local injury within the kidney may lead to renal ... and irreversible renal outcomes. Identification of specific pathways producing progressive renal injury may enable development of targeted interventions to block these pathways and preserve the stenotic kidney. [more...]

Sirolimus-eluting stent placement for refractory renal artery in-stent restenosis: sustained patency and clinical benefit at 24 months
Vascular Medicine, 10/15/2009

Lookstein RA et al. – The authors report a case of sustained 24–month patency after repair of recurrent renal artery in–stent restenosis with use of a ... artery disease [more...]

Acute Decline in Renal Function, Inflammation, and Cardiovascular Risk after an Acute Coronary Syndrome
Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 11/13/2009

Mielniczuk LM et al. – Patients with an early decline in renal function after an acute coronary syndrome are at a significant increased risk for recurrent cardiovascular events. CRP is an ... predictor for subsequent decline in renal function and reinforces the idea that inflammation may be related to the pathophysiology of progressive renal disease. [more...]

Influence of coronary artery disease assessment and treatment in the incidence of cardiac events in renal transplant recipients
Clinical Transplantation, 11/18/2009

Lima JJGD et al. – Asymptomatic patients with normal myocardial scans had a better cardiac prognosis than did patients with or without CAD and positive for ... medical treatment is safe and yields results comparable to coronary intervention in renal transplant patients with CAD. The data do not support pre–emptive myocardial revascularization for renal transplant candidates. [more...]

Coronary blood flow in patients with end-stage renal disease assessed by thrombolysis in myocardial infarction frame count method
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 10/30/2009

Sobkowicz B et al. – The results demonstrate for the first time the reduction in blood flow velocity, assessed with TFC method, in the coronary arteries of ESRD patients. This ... significant epicardial coronary artery stenosis. Therefore, TFC cannot be applied as a marker of significant coronary artery stenosis in ESRD population. [more...]

Management of Coronary Artery Disease in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
Advances in Peritoneal Dialysis, 10/27/2009

Coats WC et al. – Risk factor modification remains the cornerstone of management of both CKD and CAD. Many of the traditional risk factors for CAD—hypertension, diabetes mellitus, smoking, and so on—are common to ... renal function limits the clinician's flexibility to manage both diseases simultaneously. Patients with decreased renal function are more likely to experience adverse reactions from medications used to treat CAD. In addition, patients with CKD are more likely to experience complications following ... left heart catheterization, percutaneous coronary interventions, and coronary artery bypass grafting. [more...]

Short- and midterm results after left subclavian artery coverage during endovascular repair of the thoracic aorta: A single-center analysis in 88 patients
Journal of Vascular Surgery, 10/21/2009

Kotelis D et al. – By using a selective approach to the LSA revascularization, coverage of the LSA can be used to extend the proximal ... infrarenal aortic replacement, and renal insufficiency. In addition, a hypoplastic right vertebral artery, a patent left internal mammary artery graft, and a functioning dialysis fistula in the left arm would also be indications to perform revascularization. [more...]

Endovascular intervention for renal artery stenosis
Abdominal Imaging, 10/01/2009

Thatipelli M et al. – A review on new advances in the endovascular management of renal artery stenosis with low profile stents, embolic protection devices, and drug eluting stents is presented. [more...]

Renal artery stenosis: pathophysiology and treatment
Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy, 11/18/2009

Gottam N et al. – The goal of this article is to review the pathophysiology of RAS, and discuss outcomes of treatment with regard to renovascular hypertension and nephropathy. [more...]