Research Article

Assessment of Angiography-Based Renal Quantitative Flow Ratio Measurement in Patients with Atherosclerotic Renal Artery Stenosis

Table 1

The clinical data of patients underwent optimal antihypertensive medication and PTRAS.

VariableRevascularization ()Optimized antihypertensive medications () value

Age (years)0.029
Body weight (kg)0.753
Body height (cm)0.280
Body mass index (kg/m2)0.605
Female gender, (%)11 (29.72)7 (38.89)0.497
DM, (%)12 (32.43)5 (27.78)0.726
Previous CAD, (%)10 (27.02)6 (33.33)0.629
Previous stroke, (%)3 (8.10)0 (0)0.543
Smoking, (%)27 (72.98)10 (55.56)0.196
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)0.005
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)0.161
Heart rate (beats per minute)0.388
Creatininea0.470
Total cholesterol0.310
Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol0.877
Direct renin concentrationa110.58 (85.11-164.48)45.50 (25.23-81.02)<0.001
Related artery
 Left renal artery, (%)25 (67.67)10 (55.56)0.385
 Right renal artery, (%)12 (32.43)8 (44.44)0.385
QRAa72.00 (65.50-78.00)65.00 (56.00-68.25)0.001
rQFR0.013

Abbreviations: DM: diabetes mellitus; CAD: coronary artery disease; QRA: quantitative renal angiography; rQFR: renal quantitative flow ratio. aComparison was made using the Mann–Whitney test, and these values are expressed as median with interquartile range (25th and 75th percentiles).