title: Natural history of renal artery stenosis.
abstract: The natural history of various types of renal artery stenosis is reviewed. Atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis is obviously a progressive disease, with a relatively high incidence of occlusions, particularly when the stenosis is narrow. Much less is known about other types of renal artery stenosis. Medial fibroplasia is obviously a disease which progresses during fertile life, but the course is rather unpredictable. Very little is known about the developmental types of renal artery stenosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Lund University, General Hospital, Malmö, Sweden.
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Bergentz
mesh_terms: D000783:Aneurysm / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery; D005352:Fibromuscular Dysplasia / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D012078:Renal Artery Obstruction / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery; D015996:Survival Rate