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Narrowing or occlusion of the RENAL ARTERY or arteries. It is due usually to ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FIBROMUSCULAR DYSPLASIA; THROMBOSIS; EMBOLISM, or external pressure. The reduced renal perfusion can lead to renovascular hypertension (HYPERTENSION, RENOVASCULAR).
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- Obstruction, Renal Artery
- Obstructions, Renal Artery
- Renal Artery Obstructions
- Renal Artery Stenosis
- Renal Artery Stenoses
- Stenoses, Renal Artery
- Stenosis, Renal Artery
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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renal artery thrombosis: coordinate IM with THROMBOSIS (IM); consider also HYPERTENSION, RENOVASCULAR (hypertension caused by renal artery obstruction or compression)
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History Note
RENAL ARTERY STENOSIS was see under RENAL ARTERY OBSTRUCTION 1963-83
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Renal Artery Obstruction. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D012078. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D012078
- Renal Artery Obstruction. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renal_artery_stenosis
- Renal Artery Obstruction. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q515376