"Renal Artery Obstruction" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Narrowing or occlusion of the RENAL ARTERY or arteries. It is due usually to ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FIBROMUSCULAR DYSPLASIA; THROMBOSIS; EMBOLISM, or external pressure. The reduced renal perfusion can lead to renovascular hypertension (HYPERTENSION, RENOVASCULAR).
| Descriptor ID |
D012078
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
C12.777.419.775 C13.351.968.419.775 C14.907.137.727
|
| Concept/Terms |
Renal Artery Obstruction- Renal Artery Obstruction
- Obstruction, Renal Artery
- Obstructions, Renal Artery
- Renal Artery Obstructions
Renal Artery Stenosis- Renal Artery Stenosis
- Renal Artery Stenoses
- Stenoses, Renal Artery
- Stenosis, Renal Artery
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Renal Artery Obstruction".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Renal Artery Obstruction".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Renal Artery Obstruction" by people in this website by year, and whether "Renal Artery Obstruction" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
![]()
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Renal Artery Obstruction" by people in Profiles.