Introduction: Each kidney has a single renal artery. The kidney receives about 20% of the cardiac output. Renal artery variations are a common entity that becomes an important consideration while performing renal surgeries.
Sonal Pradeep Nahar
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Endovascular management of a large renal artery aneurysm: a case report and review of the literature
Background A renal artery aneurysm is a rare clinical presentation that can be found incidentally on imaging or during workup for refractory hypertension. Its presentation can be similar to that of a renal artery pseudoaneurysm, but the etiologies of the
Alec Zhu, Peter Connolly, A. Ari Hakimi
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Pharmacological effects of raas blockade in ischemic nephropathy [PDF]
Background: The management of ischemic nephropathy due to atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis has become increasingly conservative in the modern era, with current guidelines recommending optimized medical therapy as the initial step.
Barbano, Biagio+8 more
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Background: The objective was to validate the hypothesis and evaluate whether the presence or absence of accessory renal artery can be predicted on the basis of volumetric parameters of kidney and diameter of the main renal artery (mRA).
Syed Mohammad Danish Qaseem+2 more
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Guidelines for pre-operative cardiac risk assessment and perioperative cardiac management in non-cardiac surgery : the Task Force for Preoperative Cardiac Risk Assessment and Perioperative Cardiac Management in Non-cardiac Surgery of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and endorsed by the European Society of Anaesthesiology (ESA) [PDF]
Non-cardiac surgery; Pre-operative cardiac risk assessment; Pre-operative cardiac testing; Pre-operative coronary artery revascularization; Perioperative cardiac management; Renal disease; Pulmonary disease; Neurological disease; Anaesthesiology; Post ...
Don Poldermans+299 more
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Reduction in Renal Function After Renal Arteriography and After Renal Artery Angioplasty [PDF]
Objective: to investigate the incidence and risk factors for renal function deterioration after renal angiography and angioplasty or stenting.Methods: a retrospective study of 85 consecutive patients undergoing selective renal artery arteriography (n=53)
Ahmadi and, R.+4 more
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Objectives: The objective of this study is to report the difference in loss of length of the renal artery and vein between an open and laparoscopic renal donor nephrectomy.
Nripesh Sadasukhi+6 more
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Renal artery calcified plaque associations with subclinical renal and cardiovascular disease [PDF]
Renal artery calcified plaque associations with subclinical renal and cardiovascular disease.BackgroundThe prognostic significance of renal artery calcified plaque (RAC) and its relationship with renal function, albuminuria, and systemic atherosclerosis ...
Bowden, Donald W.+6 more
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Morphometric study of renal artery and its variations in level of origin
Background : Knowledge of morphometry and variations of renal artery is of utmost surgical importance. Forcible retraction of vascular pedicle can cause rupture of blood vessel and can lead to fatal hemorrhage.
P K Sankaran, G Karthikeyan, M Kumaresan
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Shrinkage of the distal renal artery 1 year after stent placement as evidenced with serial intravascular ultrasound [PDF]
The objective of this study was to determine the quantitative intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) and angiographic changes that occur during 1 year follow-up after renal artery stent placement, given that restenosis continues to be a ...
Deinum, J. (Jacob)+4 more
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