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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 2.

Increase risk of renal artery stenosis

  • Onset of hypertension ≤ 30 yrs or ≥ 55 yrs.

  • Malignant, accelerated, or resistant hypertension.

  • Unexplained renal dysfunction.

  • Development of azotemia with an ACE inhibitor or ARB medication.

  • Unexplained size discrepancy of ≥ 1.5 cm between kidneys.

  • Cardiac disturbance syndrome (flash pulmonary edema).

  • Peripheral arterial disease (Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm or ABI < 0.9).

  • Multivessel coronary artery disease.