Long-term hypertension caused by worsening renal artery stenosis can cause kidney failure. The use of medications to relax ...

Vascular complications are uncommon but important, as they may result in loss of the allograft. Early vascular complications include renal artery thrombosis and renal vein thrombosis. Vascular ...

Nate Robinson is getting a new kidney after dealing with kidney disease for the past 19 years. The former Knicks guard, who ...

Former NBA guard Nate Robinson has been dealing with renal kidney failure for the last seven years, but relief is on the way.

iliac artery grafts for treatment of transplant renal artery stenosis (TRAS). SUMMARY BACKGROUND DATA: TRAS is an important and treatable cause of hypertension and graft dysfunction in renal ...

It was the fourth pig kidney transplant in the United States, and the first of three that will be done at Mass General as part of a new clinical trial sanctioned by the Food and Drug Administration.

The first clinical trials using organs from genetically modified pigs offer hope to patients with kidney failure, who face a ...

The most severe form is end-stage renal disease. Over the past year, several new research insights and policy changes have advanced the field of kidney transplantation: kidney xenotransplantation ...