1. The management of renal artery atherosclerosis for renal salvage: Does stenting help? 
Vikram S. Kashyap, MD, Ricardo N. Sepulveda, MD, James F. Bena, MS, Joseph V. Nally, MD, Emilio D. Poggio, MD, Roy K. Greenberg, MD, Jay S. Yadav, MD, Kenneth Ouriel, MD 
Journal of Vascular Surgery 
Volume 45, Issue 1, Pages (January 2007)
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2. Fig 1
A, A representative magnetic resonance angiography image of a patient in this series. The right renal artery is occluded, and the right kidney is atretic. The left kidney size is preserved, but there is a high-grade proximal renal artery stenosis. The baseline serum creatinine level was 2.0 mg/dL. The patient was treated with primary stenting of the left renal artery stenosis, with improvement of renal function and blood pressure control. B, A distal protection device was used in this case and captured embolic debris.
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3. Fig 2
Mean estimated glomerular filtration rate (±SE) for all patients undergoing percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and stenting (n = 125). The y-axis represents months, with time 0 representing the renal intervention. At each interval, serum creatinine levels were obtained in approximately 57% of patients (range, 41%-100%; n = 64 at –4 months; n = 77 at −1 month; n = 125 at intervention; n = 69 at 1 month; n = 53 at 3 months; n = 63 at 6 months; n = 51 at 12 months).
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4. Fig 3
Glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in patients stratified by response to intervention. Negative months represent the preoperative time frame for all patients. Patients who responded or stabilized after intervention had significant decreases in GFR before the intervention (P < .01), whereas nonresponders had no significant change.
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5. Fig 4
Kaplan-Meier estimates of long-term survival and dialysis-free survival. Survival was 88% and 76% at 1 and 3 years, respectively, whereas dialysis-free survival was 85% and 63% for the same intervals.
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