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, ...

Recent trials of percutaneous revascularization for the treatment of renal artery stenosis have been disappointing. In many cases, essential hypertension coexists with the presence of renal artery ...

High technical success rate in patients with renal artery stenosis. SEATTLE—Outpatient percutaneous renal artery stenting (PRAS) can be safely performed with few major complications, according to a ...

A year after treatment, 65% of patients with renovascular hypertension experienced improvement. CHICAGO—Most patients with renovascular hypertension experience improved BP control and improved or ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – According to the findings from a national research trial, people who suffer from a narrowing of the arteries that lead to the kidneys, or renal artery stenosis, do not experience ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a Boston Scientific Corp. stent for use in patients with renal artery disease. The Natick company’s Express SD Renal Monorail Premounted Stent System ...

Medical device maker Boston Scientific Corp. said Monday the Food and Drug Administration approved its new stent system aimed at propping open arteries that supply blood to the kidneys. Subscribe to ...

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A Southern Trust patient was left with permanent kidney damage after a stent that should have been removed after 30 days was left in his body for 18 months, an Ombudsman’s investigation has found. The ...

CLEVELAND -- A new urinary stent invented by Lee Ponsky, MD, Chair of the Department of Urology and the Leo & Charlotte Goldberg Chair in Advanced Surgical Therapies at University Hospitals (UH) in ...