The use of Doppler ultrasonography in patients with hypertension has led to an increase in the diagnosis of renal-artery stenosis. Patients with stenosis of more than 50 percent of the luminal ...

Note the color Doppler mosaic pattern in the left renal artery consistent with post-stenotic turbulent blood flow. Figure 2. Magnetic resonance and computed tomographic angiography of renal artery ...

Introduction. Atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis (ARAS) is a relatively frequent disease, especially in older patients or those with either coronary or extracoronary athero-occlusive disease. 1-3 ...

Renal artery stenosis can lead to high blood pressure and kidney damage. ... Doppler ultrasound, which measures the speed of blood flow through the arteries supplying the kidney; ...

Radermacher, J, Chavan, A, Bleck, J, et al. Use of Doppler ultrasonography to predict the outcome of therapy for renal-artery stenosis. N Engl J Med 2001;344:410-417 Crossref ...