Table 1 Baseline and procedural characteristics of the 18 high-risk patients
From: Outcomes after stenting of renal artery stenosis in patients with high-risk clinical features
Median age (IQR) | 69.5 (64–74.5) years |
Gender | 11 female (61.1%) |
7 male (38.9%) | |
Baseline significant kidney disease (serum creatinine > 1.5 mg/dL) | 10 patients (55.6%) |
High-risk criteria | Rapidly declining renal function—10 patients (55.6%) |
Chronic kidney disease + bilateral renal artery disease—4 patients (22.2%) | |
Severe hypertensive crisis—4 patients (22.2%) | |
Very high-risk category (functionally unique kidney) | 9 patients (50%) |
Diabetes mellitus | 6 patients (30.0%) |
Preprocedural blood pressure (mmHg) | Systolic: 160 (156–180) |
Diastolic: 88 (80–100) | |
Renal artery stenosis severity (on angiography) | 70–90%—10 patients (55.6%) |
90–99%—7 patients (38.9%) | |
Occlusion—1 patient (5.6%) | |
Vascular access site | Right brachial—7 patients (38.9%) |
Femoral—6 patients (33.3%) | |
Left radial—4 patients (22.2%) | |
Right radial—in 1 patient (5.6%) | |
Complete revascularization | 8 patients (44.4%) |