| Influence of Renal Artery Variants, Number, Location, and Degree of Renal Artery Stenoses on the Atherosclerotic Burden of the Aorta. | |
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PMID: 22847343 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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OBJECTIVE: To determine the assumed influence of the number of renal arteries, the distribution and extent of renal artery stenosis (RAS), and the kidney length on calcified aortic atherosclerotic plaque burden. METHODS: The computed tomographic angiographies of 1381 patients were analyzed retrospectively using a volumetric aortic calcium scoring method. The Spearman method was used to calculate the correlation between kidney length, number and diameter of renal arteries, as well as number, degree, and location of RASs on main or additional renal arteries with the extent of aortic atherosclerosis. Logistic regression analyses were conducted with the target variable "calcification present or absent." RESULTS: Patients with multiple renal arteries (38.3%) had lower plaque volumes than patients without such variants (0.55 ± 0.97 vs 0.64 ± 1.06 mL; P < 0.05). Renal artery stenoses affected all renal vessels with equal frequency. The aortic calcium score correlated with the number of RASs (P < 0.0001) and the maximum degree of RAS up to a threshold of 60%. Location of an RAS in the various renal arteries was irrelevant. In regression analyses, the presence of RAS (Wald = 5.523), the degree of RAS (Wald = 6.251), and age (Wald = 223.1) were positive predictors of the aortic calcium score, whereas kidney length (Wald = 9.564) proved to be a negative predictor. CONCLUSION: The aortic calcium score correlates with both the number of RASs and the maximum degree of RAS up to a threshold of 60% but correlates inversely with the number of renal arteries. Renal artery stenosis affects all renal vessels with equal frequency, and this finding should be considered in screening procedures. |
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Johannes Petersen; Michaela Plaikner; Parinaz Nasseri; Peter Rehder; Christian Koppelstätter; Guido F Pauli; Bernhard Glodny |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2012-7-27 |
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Title: Journal of investigative medicine : the official publication of the American Federation for Clinical Research Volume: - ISSN: 1708-8267 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2012 Jul |
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Created Date: 2012-7-31 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9501229 Medline TA: J Investig Med Country: - |
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From the *Department of Radiology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck; †Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Paracelsius Medical University LKH-Salzburg, Salzburg; ‡Department of Urology, Innsbruck Medical University; §Department of Nephrology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria; and ∥Department of Medicinal Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, and Institute for Tuberculosis Research, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL. |
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