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Renovascular Hypertension [PDF]
A 69-year-old women smoker was referred to the nephrology clinic for assessment of hypertension and declining kidney function. At the time of referral, serum creatinine was 241 μmol/L and office blood pressure was 191/100 mm Hg. Her general practitioner had already performed 24-hour ambulatory monitoring and found no evidence of a white coat component ...
Mark, Patrick B. +6 more
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Genetically Encoded Calcium Indicators: A New Tool in Renal Hypertension Research [PDF]
Hypertension is ranked as the third cause of disability-adjusted life-years. The percentage of the population suffering from hypertension will continue to increase over the next years.
Schleifenbaum, Johanna, Zhong, Cheng
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Open Partial Nephrectomy for Pediatric Renovascular Hypertension
Pediatric renovascular hypertension is typically managed with revascularization, angioplasty, or radical nephrectomy. We describe the case of a 13-year-old boy with medically refractory renovascular hypertension who presented to our institution after a ...
Matt S. Ashley +2 more
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Calcium Channel Blockers Are Associated With Improved Survival and Lower Cardiovascular Mortality in Patients With Renovascular Disease [PDF]
Background and objective: Results of interventional trials in renovascular hypertension have been disappointing, and medical therapy is the current recommended gold standard.
Ambarasan, Thineshkrishna +6 more
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Inflammation in the central nervous system is being considered a key player linked to neurogenic hypertension. Using combined in vivo and in vitro approaches, we investigated the effects of central inhibition of TNF-α on blood pressure, sympathetic tone,
Alynne Carvalho-Galvão +5 more
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Bench surgery and renal autotransplantation in the pediatric patient [PDF]
Surgery at the work bench has developed as a by-product of the extensive experience in renal homotransplantation. A basic tenet of the transplant operation is organ survival outside the human body for a finite period.
Kosloske, AM +4 more
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Renovascular disease, particularly when associated with atherosclerosis, is a common cofactor in accelerating hypertension and deteriorating renal function. With increased longevity and effective antihypertensive medications, the prevalence of vascular lesions affecting renal viability is increasing, possibly accounting for 15% of end-stage renal ...
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Renal artery bypass including aortic graft for renovascular hypertension
Background: Renal artery stenosis (RAS) is a rare renal manifestation of tuberous sclerosis (TS). In children, it leads to renovascular hypertension that can be managed medically or surgically.
Ting-Chang Sheu +5 more
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Introduction: We previously reported that malignant hypertension is associated with impaired capillary density of target organs. Here, we tested the hypothesis that stabilization of hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) in a modified “preconditioning” approach ...
Andrea Hartner +11 more
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Measurement of renin in both renal veins: its use in diagnosis of renovascular hypertension [PDF]
THE RECENT development of a simple reliable method for measuring plasma renin activity, together with the availability of a safe procedure for obtaining samples of blood from both renal veins, has prompted us to assess the utility of such measurements in
Foster, John H. +5 more
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