Foreword

Atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis is not only the leading cause of secondary hypertension but also can cause progressive renal insufficiency and cardiovascular complications such as refractory heart failure and flash pulmonary edema. The management of these patients include, risk factor modification, renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system antagonists, lipid lowering agents and antiplatelet therapy. The patients that remained hypertensive despite medical therapy as well as patients with ischemic nephropathy and heart failure and have severe renal artery stenosis will likely to benefit from renal artery revascularization.
Source: Current Problems in Cardiology - Category: Cardiology Source Type: research