Renal artery stenosis is a disease where the arteries responsible for transporting blood to one or both of the kidneys become ...

Rebecca P. Winsett, RN, PhD, Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis. Judy C. Martin, PhD, APRN, Associate Professor, College of ...

These included two renal artery thromboses, one renal vein thrombosis and one superior mesenteric artery thrombosis. In subsequent animals, the addition of 100 units/kg heparin immediately before ...

Blood is transported to the kidney through the renal artery. The blood is filtered at ... the blood returns to the circulatory system through the renal vein. The kidneys produce urine and this ...

The nutcracker phenomenon results from a rare anatomic abnormality where the left renal vein (LRV) is compressed by the aorta and superior mesenteric artery. Nutcracker syndrome (NCS) is defined by ...