Screening for renal artery stenosis in patients with aorticoiliac occlusive disease

Abstract

The present study revealed that subclinical renal artery disease may be present in more than half of the patients with high-grade aorticoiliac atherosclerosis highlighting the need for proper risk stratifications and screening programs. Based on our results, we suggest that examination of the renal arteries in these patients may be necessary in order to delay or prevent complications. Additionally, such information may have important therapeutic implications in planning reconstructive vascular surgeries or percutaneous angioplasties.

The Incidence of Renal Artery Stenosis in Patients with Significant Stenosis of Lower Extremity Arteries

“…Therefore, revascularization of stenosis is recommended prior to development of renal function disorder (11). In several trials in literature, concurrent RAS was determined in 7.5-60% of symptomatic PAD cases, as shown by diagnostic angiography (13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25). Our results also indicate that RAS is a frequent finding in PAD patients; RAS was found in 228 of 1502 PAD patients (15.2%) which was determined as a significant rate.…”