00:00 So in summary, we've talked about dissection and we've talked about renal artery stenosis. • Dissection is a tearing of the inner lining of the artery which allows a passage of blood along a cleaved channel within the artery wall. • And as we talked about before, if not repaired surgically or with a catheter-placed stent, the dissection can rupture and be fatal. 00:26 • Renal artery stenosis is often associated with the development of hypertension that can be quite severe. And we're going to be talking about hypertension in our next talk. 00:36 • Renal artery stenosis can be the result of a congenital abnormal in the artery—that is fibromuscular dysplasia—or it can result from atherosclerosis; 95% of the time, it's due to atherosclerosis. • And treatment is in the form of antihypertensive medication or by opening the blocked renal artery.
The lecture Summary by Joseph Alpert, MD is from the course Arterial Diseases.
Which of the following is a potential cause of renal artery stenosis?
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