SURGICAL relief of hypertension often depends on the removal of renal-artery obstruction. 1–8 The key to this procedure is the renal arteriogram, which allows a visualization of the renal vessels for ...

Using coronary angiography to test whether a patient's heart is fit enough to undergo kidney transplant is not as dangerous as once thought, researchers found. Among patients with advanced chronic ...

Using carbon dioxide (CO 2) instead of conventional iodinated contrast for angiography is a safe, effective way of preserving renal function during endovascular aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR), ...

Treatments commonly used to prevent acute kidney failure and its complications arising from common angiography procedures make no difference to health outcomes, a major new study has found. A team of ...

MONTREAL—Patients who experience acute kidney injury (AKI) after undergoing coronary angiography have more than double the long-term risk of dying and a 74% greater likelihood of being hospitalized ...

The cardiac evaluation and management of patients with stage 4 or 5 chronic kidney disease prior to renal transplantation is a collaborative effort between nephrologists and cardiologists. Concerns ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . One liter of IV fluid can be administered prophylactically to patients over a short period (< 6 hours) following ...

The evidence presented on peripheral angiography included 9 people in 2 studies. Clinical experts explained that it was unlikely that the evidence for coronary angiography was transferable to ...