In a world first, Canadian scientists at the CRCHUM, the hospital research center affiliated with Université de Montréal, ...

A catheter is introduced through the femoral artery and advanced into each renal artery under fluoroscopic guidance. The catheter has 3 guide tubes, each containing a microneedle. Once the catheter is ...

Treatment to block the blood supply for kidney cancer is called renal artery embolisation. You might have this if you aren't able to have surgery and have symptoms from your kidney cancer. Renal ...

With the help of the wire, a laser is inserted into the tube, and the laser burns the deposits on the artery walls ... done these for lung transplant, renal transplant, and liver transplant ...

With the patient under deep conscious sedation, the RDN catheter is advanced to the renal arteries via the common femoral artery. The ultrasound RDN system (e.g., ReCor Medical) delivers ultrasound ...

It’s often caused by renal artery stenosis. This is a narrowing of one or both arteries that carries blood from the aorta to the kidneys. The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and ...

Prior Feasibility Study of the Verve RPD™ Renal Pelvic Denervation System Showed 20.3 mm Hg Reduction in Blood Pressure (with 24Hr ABPM) and durability to at least one year, in Patients with ...

This widens the artery and improves blood flow. Stenting. During angioplasty, a wire-mesh stent can be expanded inside the renal artery. The stent stays in place. This keeps the artery open after ...

More than 90% of the time, renal artery stenosis is caused by atherosclerosis, a process in which plaque made up of fats, cholesterol, and other materials builds up on the walls of the blood ...

Therefore, the requirement to select RDN-eligible patients, and the insufficient effects of a single-electrode wire-type beam-frequency guide tube to block the renal artery nerve remained to be ...

This guidance replaces NICE interventional procedures guidance on percutaneous transluminal radiofrequency sympathetic denervation of the renal artery for resistant hypertension (IPG418). This ...