title: The case for renal revascularization.
abstract: This report reviews renovascular disease, hypertension and renal parenchymal dysfunction. The primary lesions responsible are discussed as well as the strategies for restoring normal renal perfusion. The natural history studies document progressive impairment of renal perfusion and the consequence of renal dysfunction. Renal revascularization interrupts this pathway by relieving or lessening hypertension and preserving renal function which are the therapeutic options.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco 94143, USA.
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Kuestner
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Stoney
mesh_terms: D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000601:surgery; D004691:Endarterectomy; D006801:Humans; D006978:Hypertension, Renovascular / Q000601:surgery*; D008722:Methods; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D012079:Renal Circulation