The Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret has made history again after successfully performing Kenya’s first-ever Renal Artery Bypass Surgery. A 20-year-old female patient who underwent the ...

I am a 64-year-old man who has been having periodic shortness of breath for the past six months or so. This happens mostly upon exertion but sometimes ...

I am a 64-year-old man who has been having periodic shortness of breath for the past six months or so. This happens mostly upon exertion but sometimes occurs when I stand up. I do have a family ...

Modern-day hypertension causes hidden damage even when ‘controlled’. Doctors are no longer treating blood pressure the same way. Know tips that actually work.

High blood pressure, also known as Hypertension, is a chronic, most life-long, irreversible condition in which the force of ...

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

Vascular causes like renal artery stenosis can also contribute. Intrinsic renal: Due to direct damage to the kidney tissue (e.g. glomerulonephritis, acute tubular necrosis).

Fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD): The renal arteries become thick and narrow without buildup of cholesterol plaque. Vasculitis: This is a group of conditions that cause inflammation of the blood vessels.

The hypertensive index may distinguish which patients with renal artery stenosis are likely to recover kidney function after renal revascularization. The findings may aid patient selection for the ...

Renal artery stenosis (RAS) was defined as a luminal narrowing >50%. Of the 366 patients investigated, 112 (31%) had RAS, of whom 41 had bilateral RAS.

Renal artery Doppler ultrasound demonstrated mildly delayed upstroke in the proximal portion of the right renal artery, suggestive of possible stenosis. The resistive index on the right was 0.59 to ...