Retrospective Study Of Patients Following Renal Revascularisation Procedures - An Institutional Experience

Aim and Objectives:To study the clinical presentation of patients with renal artery disease and its outcome following revascularisationprocedures . Type of study: Retrospective study Study period: July 2013 to June 2018 Material and Methods: This is a retrospective study we made on eleven patients presented with renal artery disease either as uncontrolled hypertension(>160/100mmHg )or in association with peripheral arterial disease, at the Institute of vascular surgery , RGGGH, Chennai. These patients were subjected for open or endovascular revascularisation procedures depending on their clinical characteristics and the type of disease. Following revascularisationprocedures , these patients were followed up at 2nd week, 1st month, 3rd month and 6th monthly thereafter during the study period and the outcomes are analysed and tabulated here to present our institutional experience. Inclusion criteria: 1. Renal artery stenosis with uncontrolled HTN (>160/100mmHg) on >3 antihypertensive drugs. 2. Renal artery stenosis with recurrent episodes of pulmonary edema 3. Renal artery stenosis with Peripheral arterial disease causing life stye limiting claudication pain or CLI Exclusion criteria: 1. Renal artery stenosis with normotensive Blood pressure(