In this prospective study we examined the value of magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) in the imaging of the proximal renal arteries, with the main aim of detecting renal arterial stenosis, as compared with intraarterial digital subtraction angiography. The study was done among a group of 38 hypertensive patients seen in the outpatient department of the department of medicine of our university...

The renal nerves play a dominant role in blood pressure (BP) regulation. The intricate interplay between afferent sensory nerves, efferent sympathetic nerves, and modulatory influences mediated by mechanoand chemoreceptors render the renal nerves an attractive therapeutic target. Indeed, elegant experimental studies in a range of animal models and application of radiotracer dilution to assess s...

uring the dissection of a 38-year-old female cadaver, an ovarian artery originating from an accessory renal artery is exposed on the right side (Figure 1). The proximal one of the 2 arteries supplying the kidney was emerging from the abdominal aorta at L2 vertebra level and 12.6mm below the celiac trunk. The diameter of this artery was 5.5mm and was passing behind the inferior vena cava. Then, ...

INTRODUCTION: The term ectopic kidney is used to describe a that found in place not its normal anatomic position while malrotation refers the abnormal orientation of kidney. These two are some congenital malformations predisposed embryogenesis.CASE: current findings were discovered during routine dissections Gross lab Human Anatomy Department University RwandaA left with relatively larger than ...

Introduction A single renal artery to each kidney is present in approximately 70% of individuals. Renal arteries take origin from the aorta bilaterally just below the superior mesenteric artery. The arteries vary in their level of origin and obliquity. Near the renal hilum each artery divides into an anterior and a posterior division which divide into segmental arteries supplying the renal vasc...

BACKGROUND Renal allograft retrieval from live donors requires an accurate determination of kidney anatomy including the renal arterial supply. Traditionally, conventional angiography has served as the gold standard for obtaining this information. More recently, magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) has been compared with conventional angiography. Although MRA has been shown to be more cost effe...