Revascularization of totally occluded renal arteries.
Two cases of total renal artery occlusion are presented. The clinical durations of occlusion were 10 days and 6 months. Revascularization procedures were successful in both patients, resulting in return of renal function and alleviation of hypertension. Our 2 cases and a review of 30 other cases demonstrate that the maximum duration of main renal artery occlusion with subsequent return of renal function is unknown.
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006977:Hypertension, Renal / Q000601:surgery; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000601:surgery; D007668:Kidney / Q000502:physiology; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000601:surgery; D012078:Renal Artery Obstruction / Q000601:surgery*; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation; D013997:Time Factors; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous