Atherosclerosis accounts for 90 percent of cases of renal-artery stenosis and usually involves the ostium and proximal third of the main renal artery and the perirenal aorta ().In advanced cases ...

To evaluate the renal arteries and abdominal aorta in patients with pseudoexfoliation syndrome (PEX). Prospective, case–control study. The study involved 49 patients with PEX and 42 control ...

We describe three patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) and renal artery stenosis (RAS). These patients were treated by placement of an aortic endograft and angioplasty or stenting of the ...

Here, the aorta was occluded for seventy minutes while this tear was repaired and control below the renal arteries obtained; this patient had no evidence of renal or spinal-cord injury.

With this in mind, several noninvasive and invasive imaging and functional tools have been adopted for use in renal intervention to try and improve the prediction of which lesion and which patient ...

The iliac arteries carry blood to lower parts of the body and to the legs. Sometimes with aging or other changes, a section of the aorta may weaken and begin to bulge. This bulge can enlarge over time ...

Systemic arteries carry oxygen-rich blood from the left side of the heart to the body by way of the body's largest artery, ...

Renal hypertension is a type of high blood pressure caused by narrowing of the renal artery, ... This is a narrowing of one or both arteries that carries blood from the aorta to the kidneys.

The study included examination of 23 renal arteries, including 14 accessory and nine dominant (supplying blood to more than 50% of the kidney). An accessory artery was one that arose from the aorta ...

He slit open the 70-year-old duke’s belly and cut down to the aorta, the body’s main artery, on which he found a 4-in. section that had swollen into an aneurysm, much as an inner tube will ...

Nutcracker syndrome may go away as you grow taller or gain weight. This shift can naturally change the angle between your aorta and superior mesenteric artery, easing pressure on your left renal vein.

Smaller arteries branch off of the aorta and go up to your head.‌ The aorta then curves back down to your chest. It continues through your abdomen and ends at your groin.