New data suggest that aortic stiffness results in the transmission of excessive flow pulsatility to the renal microcirculation. Further understanding of the mechanisms that regulate the relationship ...

MOST text-books of histology provide detailed diagrams illustrating the intricacies of the vascular pattern in the kidney, and, indeed, the classical work of Bowman, Virchow, Huber, Mac-Callum and ...

Renal hypertension, a type of secondary hypertension, is often caused by renal artery stenosis, where arteries leading to the kidneys narrow, potentially leading to kidney failure if untreated. While ...

IN the performance of usual physical activity, the normal circulatory apparatus is called upon to supply varying amounts of blood to tissues. It has been well demonstrated that the normal circulation ...

Annual Boston Kidney Walk to take over North Point Park for a day to raise much-needed funding. Atlanta, Oct. 10, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The National Kidney ...

THE application of cross circulation to the treatment of patients with organ failure has previously been described. 1,2 The technic is relatively simple and easily regulated. 3 By this means patients ...

Pathophysiology of hepatorenal syndrome-acute kidney injury. Cirrhosis leads to an elevation in intrahepatic vascular resistance. Splanchnic vasodilation increases the production of vasodilators ...

MILFORD, Mass., Aug. 18, 2011 -- PLC Systems Inc., a company focused on innovative medical device technologies, today announced that final results from the REMEDIAL II investigator-sponsored clinical ...

Metastatic renal cell carcinoma is a type of kidney cancer that has spread to the lungs, spine, lymphatic system, or other parts of the body. The rate at which it spreads can vary, but treatment can ...

MINNEAPOLIS – Medtronic, Inc. today announced that one-year results from Symplicity HTN-2, the first randomized clinical trial investigating renal denervation, were published online before print in ...