Cardiology Medical News about Renal Artery Stenosis

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Hildreth CJ et al. - Renal artery stenosis (RAS) is a narrowing of the arteries to one or both of the kidneys that can cause hypertension and, sometimes, reduced kidney function and size (atrophy). Diagnosing and treating RAS can result in decreasing or eliminating the need to take medication for hypertension. The narrowing of the kidney arteries in RAS is usually due to atherosclerosis; more rarely it can be caused by abnormal growth of tissue within the wall of the artery.

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Revascularization versus Medical Therapy for Renal-Artery Stenosis
New England Journal of Medicine, 11/12/09 Relevance Score: 80%

Coronary blood flow in patients with end-stage renal disease assessed by thrombolysis in myocardial infarction frame count method
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 10/30/09 Relevance Score: 80%

Endovascular intervention for renal artery stenosis
Abdominal Imaging, 10/01/09 Relevance Score: 80%

Carotid Plaque Composition in Chronic Kidney Disease: A Retrospective Analysis of Patients Undergoing Carotid Endarterectomy
European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 11/12/09 Relevance Score: 78%

Prevalence and predictors of renal artery stenosis in hypertensive patients undergoing coronary angiography
Hypertension Research, 11/11/09 Relevance Score: 78%