Factors that may play a role in these disappointing results regarding preservation of renal function include the global burden of atherosclerosis, renal parenchymal and small vessel arterial disease, ...

CHICAGO, Ill. (April 1, 2008) — The largest-ever randomized study to evaluate the effectiveness of catheter-based interventions in patients with narrowing of the renal artery has shown that ...

NEW ORLEANS—Renal artery angioplasty and stenting may help improve outcomes in kidney transplant recipients who have stenosis in their transplanted renal artery, researchers reported at the Society of ...

Recent trials of percutaneous revascularization for the treatment of renal artery stenosis have been disappointing. In many cases, essential hypertension coexists with the presence of renal artery ...

The role of endovascular therapy in patients with renal artery stenosis continues to be very controversial. Two reports have added notable findings to the growing body of evidence on this subject. The ...

Study shows no advantage in revascularization over medical treatment for renal function. CHICAGO—Revascularization provides no advantage over medical treatment for renal function in patients with ...

The latest randomized trial to investigate the benefits of percutaneous revascularization for renal artery stenosis (RAS) finds no improvement with stenting vs. medical therapy alone across all ...

Approval Supported by the HERCULES Study, Which Demonstrated that Renal Stenting with RX Herculink Elite® is Safe and Significantly Reduces Blood Pressure at Nine Months ABBOTT PARK, Ill., Aug. 10, ...

In patients with persistently high blood pressure despite optimal medical therapy and prior renal artery stenting, renal denervation shows a high rate of efficacy with no vascular complications out to ...

Fibromuscular dysplasia and atherosclerosis are the causes of renal artery stenosis. Indications to con-sider stenting of atherosclerotic renovascular disease include refractory hypertension and ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – According to the findings from a national research trial, people who suffer from a narrowing of the arteries that lead to the kidneys, or renal artery stenosis, do not experience ...

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