Source: Nephron  |  Posted 8 years ago

Patients with atheroembolic renal failure have a high mortality rate, but also have a greater chance of recovering renal function than with other vascular causes of renal failure, a Canadian study has concluded.

The study found recovery of renal function, to the extent that dialysis was no longer necessary, was an important predictor of survival. In contrast, intermittent claudication was associated with non-recovery of renal function.

Researchers from the University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, led by Dr Jos