Arteries are basically responsible for carrying blood to the kidney. When arteries get blocked suddenly and to the severe extent, then resulting condition is defined as acute arterial occlusion of the kidney. The condition has many alternative names like acute renal arterial thrombosis, acute renal artery occlusion, embolism-renal artery and renal artery embolism.

It is believed that kidneys are having sensitive nature, especially when blood flows through them. The disorder may lead to impaired functioning of kidneys if any reduction regarding blood flow through renal artery takes place. Moreover, if the condition persists for a long period of time, then permanent kidney failure chances become more acute. Any injury of trauma to the back or abdomen results in acute arterial occlusion of the kidney. People who are suffering from certain heart disorders such as atrial fibrillation, mitral stenosis, etc are more prone towards risk of emboli. In addition to this, condition of renal artery embolism greatly affects those individuals in which chances of forming clots are high.

In most of the cases, acute arterial occlusion of the kidney disorder is not preventable. However, by cutting down on smoking activities one can reduce risk of its occurrence. Preventive and careful use of anticoagulants is recommended in the case when people develop high and severe risk of developing emboli that include blood clotting disorders, atrial fibrillation, etc.