Atheroembolic Renal Disease

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Abstract
A CLINICAL picture of either acute or chronic renal failure may occur when atheromatous material, dislodged from a severely atherosclerotic aorta, obstructs small renal arteries. Only a small number of patients with atheroembolic renal disease and renal failure have been described, but it is reasonable to expect that the disorder will be met with greater frequency in the future. This view is based on the observations that an increasing number of elderly patients with severe atherosclerosis of the aorta enlarge the population at risk, and that procedures known to induce atheroembolism, such as surgery on the abdominal aorta and abdominal . . .

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