Renal artery stenosis can lead to high blood pressure and kidney damage. Learn about its symptoms, causes, diagnosis, and treatment approaches.

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — Temporal artery ultrasound and EULAR score are reliable means for diagnosing giant cell arteritis, Mercy Bechtold, MD, said during her presentation at Kiawah Eye.

Results: Through univariate and multivariate analysis, we found that the presence of upper renal ureterocele (P = 0.042, OR = 7.116, 95% CI 1.073–47.172), as well as the presence of accessory renal ...

Ex vivo renal artery reconstruction is usually reserved for complex aneurysms. For simpler procedures, your doctor may use other surgical techniques that don’t require removing your kidney.

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Recor Medical, Inc. (“Recor”), a subsidiary of Otsuka Medical Devices Co., Ltd. (“Otsuka Medical Devices”), will present data from several clinical studies of the Paradise® Ultrasound Renal ...

An FDA advisory panel voted 10-2 that the benefits of an ultrasound renal denervation system outweigh the risk for use in adults with uncontrolled hypertension who are unresponsive or intolerant ...

Renal artery disease is an important cause of both renal failure and hypertension. Duplex ultrasound is a reliable noninvasive method for classifying the severity of renal artery lesions and can be ...

Serial kidney lengths were measured as part of a prospective duplex ultrasound study of patients with renal artery narrowing. Fifty-four patients (22 men, 32 women; mean age, 65.8 years) with 101 ...

A TOS ultrasound examines major central arm blood vessels. Raynaud's Phenomenon Testing This plethysmography test is used to check for Raynaud’s phenomenon by placing a small sensor on the fingers or ...

In a prospective renal artery duplex ultrasound-based progression study, 84 patients with 139 renal arteries with stenosis were followed for a mean of 13 months. Progression of RAS occurred in 42% ...