Background: Atheroemboli are the rule in any intervention and the leading cause of complications during percutaneous coronary intervention, carotid angioplasty (CAS), and probably after renal ...

July 10, 2006 — A pilot study of renal angioplasty and stenting performed with distal embolic protection (DEP) found that short-term renal function approaches that achieved with surgical ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Among patients with atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis, the strength of evidence for the relative benefits ...

A year after treatment, 65% of patients with renovascular hypertension experienced improvement. CHICAGO—Most patients with renovascular hypertension experience improved BP control and improved or ...

There is always great excitement in the blood pressure clinic when we encounter a patient with renal artery stenosis. In the majority this is due to atheromatous renal artery stenosis (ARAS). Some of ...

Renal failure can be prevented by angioplasty to the kidney in 20% of the patients, said cardiologist Dr Uday Khanolkar. Renal artery stenosis interferes with the blood supply to the kidney resulting ...

Atheromatous renal artery stenosis (ARAS) accounts for 70–90% of stenotic lesions of the renal artery. 1, 2 By impairing renal perfusion, ARAS primarily causes two clinical symptoms: renal impairment ...

Prospectively identifying patients whose renal function or blood pressure will improve after the correction of renal-artery stenosis has not been possible. We evaluated whether a high level of ...

Today at the 61st Annual Meeting of the Society for Vascular Surgery, Cordis Endovascular, division of Cordis Corporation, announced the worldwide launch of the Cordis AVIATOR(TM) Plus Balloon ...

Panaji: Doctors at Healthway Hospital recently performed a complex angioplasty on a patient who also had chronic kidney disease, but without using contrast media, a dye that can prove harmful to ...

Coronary Angioplasty is a well-established treatment for blockages in the coronary arteries. When performed by an experienced operator in a centre where it is routinely done, it is safe and has good ...