Renal artery stenosis is a common disorder and is an established cause of hypertension and renal insufficiency. Although treatment with renal artery stents has been shown to improve blood pressure ...

Renal artery stenosis is a disease where the arteries responsible for transporting blood to one or both of the kidneys become ...

Medically reviewed by Anju Goel, MD Renal artery stenosis is the narrowing of one or both blood vessels to the kidneys. The ...

Patients with significant renal artery stenosis, in whom the investigators were unsure of appropriate therapy, were randomized to PTRA (angioplasty and/or stenting) plus medical therapy (n = 403 ...

In a randomized trial, patients receiving a silicone vs polyurethane stent after stone surgery reported more treatment satisfaction. In a pragmatic randomized controlled trial, receipt of a ...

The hypertensive index may predict the likelihood of kidney function improvement following renal revascularization for renal artery stenosis. The hypertensive index may distinguish which patients with ...

3 is the only prospective randomized study comparing best medical therapy with endovascular stenting for patients with symptomatic vertebral artery stenosis. Only eight patients were enrolled in ...

Patients who have a stent implanted to open a blocked coronary artery face dual risks of developing blood clots and of having excessive bleeding in the months following the procedure. While ...

the hospital where you received your Carotid Stent, the date it was implanted, and where it was placed in your carotid artery. It also identifies important information about your stent, such as the ...