Predictors of outcome for renal artery stenting performed for salvage of renal function.

Objective: To identify preoperative clinical features that predict a durable improvement in renal function with renal artery stenting (RAS).

Methods: Sixty-one patients with renal insufficiency (serum creatinine ≥ 1.5 mg/dL) underwent RAS for renal salvage.

Clinical and kidney morphologic predictors of outcome for renal artery stenting: data to inform patient selection.

Background: The purpose of the current study was to identify clinical and kidney morphologic features that predict a favorable blood pressure (BP) response to renal artery stenting (RAS).

Methods: The study cohort consisted of 149 patients who underwent primary RAS over 9 years. Patients were categorized as "responders" based on modified American Heart Association guidelines: BP <160/90 mm Hg on fewer antihypertensive medications or diastolic BP <90 mm Hg on the same medications.