title: Symptoms and signs of thrombotic occlusion of atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis.
abstract: Twenty-four patients, with an occluded renal artery diagnosed at angiography or operation, in whom previous angiography had demonstrated an atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis, were compared with a group of patients with a renal artery stenosis that remained patent after a similar interval. The risk of occlusion was found to increase with age, the degree of stenosis and advanced generalised atherosclerosis. At the presumed time of occlusion few patients had symptoms which when present were vague and easily overlooked. The most suggestive sign of occlusion was a rise in serum creatinine which was seen in the majority of the patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Malmö General Hospital, University of Lund, Sweden.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Weibull
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bergqvist
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Andersson
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jonsson
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Bergentz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain; D012078:Renal Artery Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
chemical_list: D003404:Creatinine