Overview
Mesenteric artery stenosis involves narrowing of the mesenteric arteries, often due to atherosclerosis, leading to reduced blood flow to the intestines and potentially causing symptoms such as abdominal pain, weight loss, and malabsorption. 6248Diagnosis
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Vascular and endovascular surgery 2023. link 23 Edgar B, Pearson R, Kasthuri R, Gillis K, Geddes C, Rostron M et al.. The impact of renal artery stenting on therapeutic aims. Journal of human hypertension 2023. link 24 Sanga V, Bertoli E, Crimì F, Barbiero G, Battistel M, Seccia TM et al.. Pickering Syndrome: An Overlooked Renovascular Cause of Recurrent Heart Failure. Journal of the American Heart Association 2023. link 25 Hinojosa-Gonzalez DE, Salgado-Garza G, Torres-Martinez M, Villegas-De Leon SU, Bueno-Gutierrez LC, Herrera-Carrillo FE et al.. Endovascular Treatment of Transplant Renal Artery Stenosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Journal of endovascular therapy : an official journal of the International Society of Endovascular Specialists 2022. link 26 Xie Y, He X, Qiu L, Zeng H. Zero-contrast PTRA and stenting for child with TRAS: A case report. Pediatric transplantation 2022. link 27 de Bhailis Á, Al-Chalabi S, Hagemann R, Ibrahim S, Hudson A, Lake E et al.. Managing acute presentations of atheromatous renal artery stenosis. BMC nephrology 2022. link 28 Orman G, Masand PM, Kukreja KU, Acosta AA, Guillerman RP, Jadhav SP. Diagnostic sensitivity and specificity of CT angiography for renal artery stenosis in children. Pediatric radiology 2021. link 29 Farahani RA, Afarideh M, Zhu XY, Tang H, Jordan KL, Saadiq IM et al.. Percutaneous transluminal renal angioplasty attenuates poststenotic kidney mitochondrial damage in pigs with renal artery stenosis and metabolic syndrome. Journal of cellular physiology 2021. link 30 Lal H, Singh RKR, Yadav P, Yadav A, Bhadauria D, Singh A. Non-contrast MR angiography versus contrast enhanced MR angiography for detection of renal artery stenosis: a comparative analysis in 400 renal arteries. Abdominal radiology (New York) 2021. link 31 Guerreiro H, Avanesov M, Dinnies S, Sehner S, Schön G, Wenzel U et al.. Efficiency of Percutaneous Stent Angioplasty in Renal Artery Stenosis - 15 Years of Experience at a Single Center. RoFo : Fortschritte auf dem Gebiete der Rontgenstrahlen und der Nuklearmedizin 2021. link 32 Ren Y, Xiong F, Kan X, Qian K, Cao Y, Chen L et al.. Endovascular management of transplant renal artery stenosis: A single-center retrospective study. Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions 2020. link 33 Guo X, Gong Y, Wu Z, Yan F, Ding X, Xu X. Renal artery assessment with non-enhanced MR angiography versus digital subtraction angiography: comparison between 1.5 and 3.0 T. European radiology 2020. link 34 Chen L, Mossa-Basha M, Sun J, Hippe DS, Balu N, Yuan Q et al.. Quantification of morphometry and intensity features of intracranial arteries from 3D TOF MRA using the intracranial artery feature extraction (iCafe): A reproducibility study. 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Hemodynamic significance assessment of equivocal iliac artery stenoses by comparing duplex ultrasonography with intra-arterial pressure measurements. The Journal of cardiovascular surgery 2018. link 39 Kongoji K, Mitarai T, Kasahara M, Yamazaki H, Ishibashi Y, Koyama K et al.. Minimally invasive percutaneous transluminal renal artery stenting. International journal of cardiology 2018. link 40 Reeves RR, Walters D, Mahmud E. Renal artery stenosis and ambulatory blood pressure monitoring: A case report and review of the literature. Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions 2018. link 41 Meredith D, Bazemore TC, Shah A, Dilley J, Stouffer GA. Identification of Factors Associated With Improved Survival After Renal Artery Stenting. The American journal of cardiology 2017. link 42 Cotroneo AR, Amoroso L, Giammarino A, Galasso D, Taglialatela F, Timpani C et al.. Cutting Balloon Angioplasty (CBA) for the Treatment of Renal Artery Fibromuscular Dysplasia (FMD) in Six Patients: 5-Year Long-Term Results. Cardiovascular and interventional radiology 2017. link 43 Fananapazir G, Bashir MR, Corwin MT, Lamba R, Vu CT, Troppmann C. Comparison of ferumoxytol-enhanced MRA with conventional angiography for assessment of severity of transplant renal artery stenosis. Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI 2017. link 44 Brouwers JJ, van Wissen RC, Veger HT, Rotmans JI, Mertens B, Visser MJ. The use of intrarenal Doppler ultrasonography as predictor for positive outcome after renal artery revascularization. Vascular 2017. link 45 Değirmenci B, Kara M, Kıdır V, İnal S, Sezer T, Umul A et al.. Unenhanced respiratory-navigated NATIVE. Diagnostic and interventional imaging 2017. link 46 Jiang K, Ferguson CM, Ebrahimi B, Tang H, Kline TL, Burningham TA et al.. Noninvasive Assessment of Renal Fibrosis with Magnetization Transfer MR Imaging: Validation and Evaluation in Murine Renal Artery Stenosis. Radiology 2017. link 47 Wang L, Liu B, Yan J, Wang Y, Wang W, Wang W et al.. Interventional Therapy for Transplant Renal Artery Stenosis Is Safe and Effective in Preserving Allograft Function and Improving Hypertension. Vascular and endovascular surgery 2017. link 48 Gupta R, Assiri S, Cooper CJ. Renal Artery Stenosis: New Findings from the CORAL Trial. Current cardiology reports 2017. link 49 Dua A, Desai S, Upchurch GR, Desai SS. Renal artery stenting may not be appropriate for patients with atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis. Vascular 2016. link 50 Peng M, Jiang XJ, Dong H, Zou YB, Zhang HM, Song L et al.. Etiology of renal artery stenosis in 2047 patients: a single-center retrospective analysis during a 15-year period in China. Journal of human hypertension 2016. link 51 Yuan X, Zhang J, Quan C, Tian Y, Li H, Ao G. A Simplified Whole-Organ CT Perfusion Technique with Biphasic Acquisition: Preliminary Investigation of Accuracy and Protocol Feasibility in Kidneys. Radiology 2016. link 52 Bley TA, François CJ, Schiebler ML, Wieben O, Takei N, Brittain JH et al.. Non-contrast-enhanced MRA of renal artery stenosis: validation against DSA in a porcine model. European radiology 2016. link 53 Martinelli O, Malaj A, Antignani PL, Frati G, Belli C, Venosi S et al.. Renal Stenting for Kidney Salvage in the Management of Renal Artery Atherosclerotic Stenosis. Angiology 2015. link 54 Gavalas MV, Gasparis AP, Tassiopoulos AK, Loh S, Labropoulos N. Long-term follow-up for percutaneous transluminal angioplasty in renal artery fibromuscular dysplasia. International angiology : a journal of the International Union of Angiology 2015. link 55 Fujihara M, Yokoi Y, Abe T, Soga Y, Yamashita T, Miyashita Y et al.. Clinical outcome of renal artery stenting for hypertension and chronic kidney disease up to 12 months in the J-RAS Study – prospective, single-arm, multicenter clinical study. Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society 2015. link 56 Protasiewicz M, Początek K, Poręba R, Derkacz A, Podgórski M, Gosławska K et al.. Comparison of the renal hyperemic effects of papaverine and dopamine in patients with renal artery stenosis. Journal of the American Society of Hypertension : JASH 2015. link 57 Kawasaki D, Fujii K, Fukunaga M, Fukuda N, Masuyama T, Ohkubo N et al.. Safety and efficacy of carbon dioxide and intravascular ultrasound-guided stenting for renal artery stenosis in patients with chronic renal insufficiency. Angiology 2015. link 58 Park MY, Herrmann SM, Saad A, Widmer RJ, Tang H, Zhu XY et al.. Circulating and renal vein levels of microRNAs in patients with renal artery stenosis. Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association 2015. link 59 Chen Y, Ye P, Jiang WJ, Ma SY, Zhao JB, Zeng QL. T-Stenting-and-Small-Protrusion Technique for Bifurcation Stenoses After End-to-Side Anastomosis of Transplant Renal Artery and External Iliac Artery: Report of Two Cases. Cardiovascular and interventional radiology 2015. link 60 Dósa E, Nemes B, Bérczi V, Novák PK, Paukovits TM, Sarkadi H et al.. High frequency of brachiocephalic trunk stent fractures does not impair clinical outcome. Journal of vascular surgery 2014. link 61 Venturini M, Querques G, Margari S, Agostini G, Colombo M, Caldara R et al.. Renal artery stenosis due to fibromuscular dysplasia in a transplanted kidney from a deceased donor: a difficult diagnosis at color Doppler ultrasonography. Journal of clinical ultrasound : JCU 2014. link 62 Del Conde I, Galin ID, Trost B, Kang J, Lookstein R, Woodward M et al.. Renal artery duplex ultrasound criteria for the detection of significant in-stent restenosis. Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions 2014. link 63 Derdeyn CP, Chimowitz MI, Lynn MJ, Fiorella D, Turan TN, Janis LS et al.. Aggressive medical treatment with or without stenting in high-risk patients with intracranial artery stenosis (SAMMPRIS): the final results of a randomised trial. Lancet (London, England) 2014. link62038-3) 64 Sgueglia GA, Todaro D, Pucci E. Vascular imaging balloon with local drug delivery for the treatment of renal artery recurrent in-stent restenosis. Cardiovascular revascularization medicine : including molecular interventions 2014. link 65 Miyashita Y, Ikeda U, Soga Y, Yokoi H, Suzuki K, Inoue N. Results of the retrospective analysis of renal artery stenting for the salvage of renal function study. Angiology 2014. link 66 Cooper CJ, Murphy TP, Cutlip DE, Jamerson K, Henrich W, Reid DM et al.. Stenting and medical therapy for atherosclerotic renal-artery stenosis. The New England journal of medicine 2014. link 67 Philip F, Gornik HL, Rajeswaran J, Blackstone EH, Shishehbor MH. The impact of renal artery stenosis on outcomes after open-heart surgery. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2014. link 68 Eirin A, Zhang X, Zhu XY, Tang H, Jordan KL, Grande JP et al.. Renal vein cytokine release as an index of renal parenchymal inflammation in chronic experimental renal artery stenosis. Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association 2014. link 69 Zhang W, Qian Y, Lin J, Lv P, Karunanithi K, Zeng M. Hemodynamic analysis of renal artery stenosis using computational fluid dynamics technology based on unenhanced steady-state free precession magnetic resonance angiography: preliminary results. The international journal of cardiovascular imaging 2014. link 70 Murphy TP, Cooper CJ, Cutlip DE, Matsumoto A, Jamerson K, Rundback J et al.. Roll-in experience from the Cardiovascular Outcomes with Renal Atherosclerotic Lesions (CORAL) study. Journal of vascular and interventional radiology : JVIR 2014. link 71 Gulati AS, Patnaik AN, Barik R, Kumari R, Srinivas S. Renal angioplasty for atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis: Cardiologist's perspective. Journal of postgraduate medicine 2013. link 72 Takeshita S, Matsumi J, Saito S. Renal artery intervention using a virtual 4.5-Fr guiding catheter. Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions 2013. link 73 Eirin A, Gloviczki ML, Tang H, Gössl M, Jordan KL, Woollard JR et al.. Inflammatory and injury signals released from the post-stenotic human kidney. European heart journal 2013. link 74 Chrysochou C, Schmitt M, Siddals K, Hudson J, Fitchet A, Kalra PA. Reverse cardiac remodelling and renal functional improvement following bilateral renal artery stenting for flash pulmonary oedema. Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association 2013. link 75 Krier JD, Crane JA, Eirin A, Zhu XY, Lerman A, Lerman LO. Hemodynamic determinants of perivascular collateral development in swine renal artery stenosis. American journal of hypertension 2013. link 76 Textor SC, Misra S, Oderich GS. Percutaneous revascularization for ischemic nephropathy: the past, present, and future. 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Fifteen years' experience of treating atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis by interventional nephrologists in India. Seminars in dialysis 2012. link 87 Rossi GP, Seccia TM, Miotto D, Zucchetta P, Cecchin D, Calò L et al.. The Medical and Endovascular Treatment of Atherosclerotic Renal Artery Stenosis (METRAS) study: rationale and study design. Journal of human hypertension 2012. link 88 Balzer KM, Neuschäfer S, Sagban TA, Grotemeyer D, Pfeiffer T, Rump LC et al.. Renal artery revascularization after unsuccessful percutaneous therapy: a single centre experience. Langenbeck's archives of surgery 2012. link 89 Dursun B, Yagci B, Batmazoglu M, Demiray G. Bilateral renal infarctions complicating fibromuscular dysplasia of renal arteries in a young male. Scandinavian journal of urology and nephrology 2012. link 90 Glodny B, Nasseri P, Plaikner M, Unterholzner V, Rehder P, Koppelstätter C et al.. Prediction of the presence of renal artery stenosis by calcium scoring of the abdominal aorta. 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Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions 2012. link 95 Sofroniadou S, Kassimatis T, Srirajaskanthan R, Reidy J, Goldsmith D. Long-term safety and efficacy of renin-angiotensin blockade in atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis. International urology and nephrology 2012. link 96 Pipili C, Grapsa E, Arapoglou V, Tzanatos H. Successful non-surgical treatment of perirenal haematoma after percutaneous renal artery angioplasty in a solitary kidney. Scandinavian journal of urology and nephrology 2012. link 97 van den Berg DT, Deinum J, Postma CT, van der Wilt GJ, Riksen NP. The efficacy of renal angioplasty in patients with renal artery stenosis and flash oedema or congestive heart failure: a systematic review. European journal of heart failure 2012. link 98 Lüdemann L, Nafz B, Elsner F, Grosse-Siestrup C, Meissler M, Persson P et al.. Dependence of renal blood flow on renal artery stenosis measured using CT angiography. RoFo : Fortschritte auf dem Gebiete der Rontgenstrahlen und der Nuklearmedizin 2011. link 99 Chandra S, Chadha DS, Swamy A. "Transcollateral" renal angioplasty for a completely occluded renal artery. Cardiovascular and interventional radiology 2011. link 100 Pelta A, Andersen UB, Just S, Bækgaard N. Flash pulmonary edema in patients with renal artery stenosis--the Pickering Syndrome. Blood pressure 2011. link