Autopsy data confirm that more than one fourth of all patients dying of cardiovascular causes have some degree of renal artery stenosis (RAS), and in patients >70 years of age the prevalence ...

The most common causes of RVD are fibromuscular dysplasia ... As reviewed in Part I, renal artery stenosis (RAS) refers only to the anatomic presence of an obstructive lesion within the renal ...

(Contraindications) Contraindicated in patients with hypersensitivity, bilateral renal artery stenosis (narrowing ... 2.5-5 mg twice daily. •It may cause dizziness, lightheadedness, or fainting ...

Angiotensin II causes a preferential increase in efferent arteriolar tone, helping to maintain GFR when afferent arteriolar pressure is low, as in renal artery stenosis and severe generalised ...

symptomatic aortic stenosis at low, intermediate, high and extreme risk of open-heart surgery. Findings included a 16.16% composite rate of all-cause mortality, stroke or rehospitalization at one ...

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The NOTION-3 study investigated if routine revascularization with PCI and transcatheter aortic valve replacement improves ...

Coronary artery disease (CAD) occurs when the arteries (heart's blood vessels) become too narrow, making it difficult for blood to flow in and out of the heart. The most common cause of CAD is a ...

Findings seen in patients following myocardial infarction. (HealthDay News) — Beta-blocker treatment can lead to a modest increase in depressive symptoms among patients who have myocardial ...

For example, damage to the coronary artery walls may cause them to suddenly tighten and temporarily narrow. This can block blood flow to the heart. In some cases, a person may notice episodes of ...

For patients with asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis and preserved left ventricular ... or unplanned hospitalization for cardiovascular causes. Superiority testing was performed in the intention ...

In both cases the anatomic lesion producing the reversal of blood flow was a stenosis of the left subclavian artery proximal to the origin of the vertebral artery. The cause of the reversed flow ...