Table 1:

Causes of Renovascular Disease. Data from 2005 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guidelines.

Causes of Renovascular Diseases
Unilateral renal artery disease
Unilateral atherosclerotic renal artery stenosis
Unilateral fibromuscular dysplasias
Renal artery aneurism
Arterial embolus
Arteriovenous fistula (e.g., congenital, traumatic)
Segmental arterial occlusion (e.g., posttraumatic, radiation, thrombi)
Extrinsic compression of renal artery (e.g., tumor)
Bilateral renal artery disease or solitary functional kidney
Renal artery stenosis to a solitary kidney
Bilateral renal artery stenosis
Aortic coarctation
Atheroembolic disease
Systemic vasculitis (e.g., polyarteritis nodosa, Takayasu’s arteritis)
Vascular occlusion due to endovascular stent graft