Early vascular complications include renal artery thrombosis and renal vein thrombosis. Vascular complications that occur later include renal artery stenosis, intrarenal pseudoaneurysm ...
Angiotensin II causes a preferential increase in efferent arteriolar tone, helping to maintain GFR when afferent arteriolar pressure is low, as in renal artery stenosis and severe generalised ...
Correspondence to: Dr John Main Renal Unit, James Cook University Hospital, Marton Road, Middlesbrough TS4 3BW, UK; john.mainstees.nhs.uk Atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis (ARAS) has become ...
Severe coronary artery calcification in patients with CKD increases the risk for heart failure, heart valve calcification, and progression to kidney failure.
The abdominal aorta is a large artery in your belly that carries blood from the heart to the lower part of the body. In early fetal development, it forms from two smaller blood vessels, called the ...
Patients that fall into this category might have conditions such as stone disease, chronic pyelonephritis, renal artery stenosis, vesicoureteral reflux (with or without renal scarring), chronic ...
Patient and physician education is the next challenge to change the treatment paradigm for drug-resistant hypertension, Citi Research analyst Joanne Wuensch said.