Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A commonly used stenting procedure to treat plaque build-up in the renal artery appears to offer no significant ...

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, ...

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 ...

There is very little clinical feedback during renal artery intervention. The patient may have back or abdominal pain during balloon inflation and this can be an important point for operator feedback ...

Previous small studies have failed to find any benefit associated with renal-artery stenting, but the trials have been small and were not powered for clinical outcomes. Now, the CORAL (Cardiovascular ...

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 ...

Compared with medical management, how common is stenting as a treatment for renal artery stenosis? Dr. Dworkin: We are unaware of recently published data on the frequency with which stenting is ...

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 ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . LAS VEGAS — In a new meta-analysis, renal artery stenting significantly reduced the risk for serious adverse ...

According to the findings from an American national research trial, people who suffer from a narrowing of the arteries that lead to the kidneys, or renal artery stenosis, do not experience better ...

Dr. Lance Dworkin, professor of medicine at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and a physician at Lifespan and University Medicine, and Dr. Tim Murphy, professor of diagnostic ...