Purpose: To evaluate information on the prevalence and rate of progression of
atherosclerotic renovascular disease and the effect of angiotensin-converting enzyme …

Ischemic renal disease (IRD) is defined as a clinically important reduction in glomerular
filtration rate or loss of renal parenchyma caused by hemodynamically significant renal …

On behalf of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology, Brazilian Society of Hypertension and
Brazilian Society of Nephrology, I present to you the 7th Brazilian Guideline of Arterial …

Background Prospectively identifying patients whose renal function or blood pressure will
improve after the correction of renal-artery stenosis has not been possible. We evaluated …

Background Percutaneous transluminal renal angioplasty is a safe and effective treatment
for nonostial stenoses of the renal arteries, but it has proved to be disappointing for ostial …

Objective: To determine the utility of duplex ultrasound scanning of the renal arteries in
identifying patients with renal artery stenosis of 60% or more and in excluding patients with …

Purpose: To summarize and compare the validity of computed tomography angiography,
magnetic resonance angiography, ultrasonography, captopril renal scintigraphy, and the …

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the test performance of duplex
sonographic parameters in screening for hemodynamically significant renal artery stenosis …

Diagnosis of renovascular disease by intra-and extrarenal Doppler scanning. The purpose
of this prospective, angiographically controlled study was to determine the diagnostic value …

Background: Renal artery stenosis is a rare cause of hypertension. The gold standard for
diagnosing renal artery stenosis, renal angiography, is invasive and costly. Objective: To …