In a randomized trial, stent placement with medical treatment had no clear effect on progression of renal impairment but led to a small number of significant procedure-related complications.

Currently the vast majority of PTRA procedures are done with stenting. ... 1,058 patients received Palmaz Stent Renal Artery Stenosis Revascularization and were followed for four years.

SEATTLE—Outpatient percutaneous renal artery stenting ... We actually found it has low complication rates and low restenosis rates following the procedure,” Dr. Hayeems told Renal & Urology News.

In a small series of patients with renal artery stenosis, primary patency at six months was 92%. WASHINGTON D.C.—A novel stent may have advantages over previous stents in the treatment of renal ...

Previous small studies have failed to find any benefit associated with renal-artery stenting, but the trials have been small and were not powered for clinical outcomes. Now, the CORAL ...

Renal artery stenting falls short in large randomized trial ... both in the United Kingdom. “Thousands of patients have had this procedure, ...

In 1996 radiologists performed 4,700 renal artery interventional procedures (balloon angioplasty, stent or both), while cardiologists performed 2,380, said Timothy Murphy, MD, associate professor ...

Dr. Lance Dworkin, professor of medicine at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University and a physician at Lifespan and University Medicine, and Dr. Tim Murphy, professor of diagnostic ...

Stent angioplasty of severe atherosclerotic ostial renal artery stenosis in patients with diabetes mellitus and nephrosclerosis. Catheter Cardiovasc. Interv. 58 , 510–515 (2003).

The only reported case of angioplasty without stenting was technically unsuccessful and needed surgery. 4 Thus, when renal artery stenosis by a crus of the diaphragm is diagnosed, surgical ...