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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 21.
Published in final edited form as: Prog Cardiovasc Dis. 2011 Jul-Aug;54(1):29–35. doi: 10.1016/j.pcad.2011.02.007

Table 1.

Causes of main renal artery stenosis.

Fibromuscular dysplasia
Atherosclerosis
Traumatic thrombosis or avulsion: usually due to blunt trauma
Non-traumatic thrombosis: hypercoagulable states
Thromboembolism
Renal or aortic dissection
Renal artery aneurysm
Congenital
William’s syndrome
Takayasu’s arteritis