title: Renal vascular disease: pathology of large blood vessel disease.
abstract: Lesions of the extrarenal arteries which are associated with hypertension are described. Included are descriptions of the development, stages, and complications of atherosclerotic plaques; intimal fibroplasia and the medial fibromuscular dysplasias; Takayasu's aortitis; radiation injury; and a newly described arterial disease, medial agenesis. Also described is the development of atherosclerosis in saphenous vein bypass grafts and the effects of transluminal angioplasty.
mesh_terms: D001025:Aortitis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D005352:Fibromuscular Dysplasia / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D006978:Hypertension, Renovascular / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000473:pathology; D012078:Renal Artery Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000473:pathology