Mark Reinhard, Karoline Schousboe, Ulrik B Andersen, Niels Henrik Buus, Jesper Moesgaard Rantanen, Jesper Nørgaard Bech, Hossein Mohit Mafi, Sten Langfeldt, Arindam Bharadwaz, Arne Hørlyck, Mogens Kærsgaard Jensen, Jørgen Jeppesen, Michael Hecht Olsen, Ib Abildgaard Jacobsen, Bo Martin Bibby, Kent Lodberg Christensen
Background The aim of this study was to prospectively evaluate the effects of renal artery stenting in consecutive patients with severe atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis and high-risk clinical presentations as defined in a national protocol developed in 2015. Methods and Results Since the protocol was initiated, 102 patients have been referred for revascularization according to the following high-risk criteria: severe renal artery stenosis (≥70%) with true resistant hypertension, rapidly declining kidney function, or recurrent heart failure/sudden pulmonary edema...
March 24, 2022: Journal of the American Heart Association