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

Risk factors: diabetes, renal failure, cancer, chronic heart failure, complex coronary artery stenosis or history of coronary stent thrombosis. § Thienopyridines should be stopped (clopidogrel ...

john.mainstees.nhs.uk Atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis (ARAS) has become topical since the development of percutaneous angioplasty and stenting. Studies defining the place for intervention have ...

Issuing a draft list of revised risk-based classification of cardiovascular and neurological devices, the Central Drugs ...

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 ...

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 ...

CHICAGO — Patients with severe triple-vessel heart disease who underwent a less-invasive stent procedure fared just as well as those who underwent open-heart bypass surgery after 5 years ...

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 ...

Whether the long-term benefit of stroke prevention when stenting is added to medical therapy (MT) over MT alone for symptomatic severe intracranial artery stenosis offsets the perioperative risks of ...