Received 2/3/2005; revised 3/11/2005; accepted 5/9/2005. For correspondence or reprints contact: Bing-Fu Shih, M.D., Division of Nuclear Medicine, Mackay Memorial Hospital. 92 Section 2, Chung-Shan North Road, Taipei 104, Taiwan. Tel: (886)2-25433535 ext.2299, Fax: (886)2-25433535 ext.2925, E-mail: bfshih@ms2.mmh.org.tw The applications of captopril renography in the pediatric patients with ren...

Spontaneous, isolated focal renal artery dissection is an extremely rare cause of renovascular hypertension. Imaging technology for the renal arteries has evolved recently with the development of multidetector computed tomography angiography (CTA), and intravascular ultrasound. We describe a 52-year-old man with spontaneous renal artery dissection complicated by renovascular hypertension, succe...

The effect of hypertension and of therapy by converting enzyme inhibitor (S 9490-3, perindopril) on the function and structure of large arteries has been studied in two-kidney, one-clip Gddblatt hypertensive rats. After one month without treatment, clipped hypertensive rats (n = 24) and sham-operated rats (n = 24) were randomly allocated to treatment by S 9490,1 mg/kg once a day (n = 24) or to ...

In the developed world, atherosclerosis is by far the most common cause of renovascular disease. This normally develops at the renal artery ostium on the luminal surface of the aorta/proximal renal artery. The atheroma obstructs renal blood flow and leads to chronic renal ischaemia. Atheroma may account for >90% of cases in white vascular high-risk populations. Renal artery atheroma is commonly...

In the developed world, atherosclerosis is by far the most common cause of renovascular disease. This normally develops at the renal artery ostium on the luminal surface of the aorta/proximal renal artery. The atheroma obstructs renal blood flow and leads to chronic renal ischaemia. Atheroma may account for >90% of cases in white vascular high-risk populations. Renal artery atheroma is commonly...

19 Renal artery stenosis is the main cause of renovascular hypertension and results in 20 ischemic nephropathy characterized by inflammation, oxidative stress, microvascular 21 loss and fibrosis with consequent functional failure. Considering the limited number of 22 strategies that effectively control renovascular hypertension and restore renal function, 23 we propose that cell therapy may be ...