A renal allograft recipient (underlying disease IgA nephropathy) went into renal failure 10 days after transplantation. The donor kidney had multiple cortical cysts and 2 separate renal arteries. A ...

Doctors in the United Kingdom readying to perform a kidney transplant on a young girl noticed the organ they were preparing to use had an unusual abnormality: Five renal arteries. Most of the time, ...

In adults with stage IIIb–IV chronic kidney disease, the constipation drug lubiprostone did not reduce gut-derived uremic ...

Ex vivo renal artery reconstruction is an extensive procedure used to treat complex aneurysms of the artery that supplies your kidney. It involves removing your kidney, repairing the artery, and ...

Declining kidney function is linked to a higher risk of heart failure, heart attack, peripheral arterial disease, and early death in individuals with or without kidney disease, according to a pair of ...

OCCLUSION of both renal arteries or their branches by emboli is not a common cause of acute anuria. Recognition of this entity is important, nevertheless, for a combination of prompt surgical ...

Doctors in the U.K. have announced a rare medical case where an organ donor's kidney was found to have five renal arteries. The kidney, which was about to be transplanted into a young girl, is ...

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is on the rise in the United States, with roughly 36 million adults estimated to have the ...

People with impaired kidney function have higher levels of Alzheimer's biomarkers in their blood, but not an increased risk ...

Impaired kidney function is associated with increased circulating levels of most Alzheimer disease blood biomarkers.