Renovascular Surgery and Endovascular Intervention
Improving the circulation to the kidneys
Hypertension is a significant risk factor for heart and vascular disease as well as stroke. Kidney failure leading to dialysis-dependence is a major cause of disability and death world-wide. Both hypertension and kidney failure, which affect both adults and children, can be caused by correctable blockages in the renal arteries, and treatment of these blockages in appropriately selected patients can result in either a cure or improvement in the hypertension, and either stabilization or improvement in renal function, with the avoidance of dialysis.
Our Heart and Vascular Center offers a wide variety of diagnostic and therapeutic options. Diagnostic options include non-invasive and minimally invasive modalities that can characterize the anatomy and assess both the hemodynamic and functional significance of lesions that are identified. With broad expertise in both endovascular and open operative treatment options, we are able to match the most appropriate treatment (considering issues of safety, effectiveness and durability) to the specifics of the patients problem and status.