Renal artery stenting overcomes the major technical complication of PTRA, which is elastic recoil and may lead to a restenosis rate in excess of 25%. [16–19, 52] In an analysis by White et al ...

Renal artery calcification (RAC) is strongly associated with atherosclerosis, according to a study of 350 patients who underwent abdominal CT scans. RAC was found in 29% of subjects.

Stents are Ineffective for Atherosclerotic Renal Artery Stenosis and Renal Insufficiency Richard Saitz, MD, MPH, FACP, FASAM Disclosures Journal Watch. 2009;29 (16):125 0 ...

Atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis is associated with cardiovascular disease and a high rate of mortality. Evidence as to whether revascularization has any advantage over medical therapy in ...

In patients with renovascular disease who undergo endovascular stenting for atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis, drug-eluting stents appear to be superior to bare-metal stents in preventing in ...

A total of 1,779 participants from the Progression of Early Subclinical Atherosclerosis study without conventional CVRFs (45.0 ± 4.1 years; 50.3% women) were assessed.

Coronary artery calcium is an early sign of atherosclerosis, or "hardening of the arteries." After adjustment for other factors, blood phosphate levels at age 25 were significantly related to ...

A common atherosclerosis treatment is a coronary angioplasty with or without a stent. In this procedure, your surgeon inserts a catheter with a balloon on the end into your artery to open it up.