Renal artery stenosis in hypertensive renal transplant recipients.
Reconstruction of a stenotic renal artery was done on 5 hypertensive renal transplant recipients, all of whom had deterioration of renal function when the stenosis was detected. After reconstruction renal function improved in 4 of the patients. The blood pressure was easier to control in all 5 patients, with 3 becoming normotensive. A high preoperative plasma renin activity returned to normal postoperatively in 4 patients. No recurrences were observed after a followup of more than a year.
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D006977:Hypertension, Renal / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000601:surgery; D012078:Renal Artery Obstruction / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D012083:Renin / Q000097:blood; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous
D012083:Renin