Renal artery stenosis in renal transplant recipients.
Of 13 patients with severe post-transplant hypertension, in 11 (85%) the hypertension was secondary to TRAS. Surgical correction of arterial stenosis reversed renal failure in 2 patients and cured or improved hypertension in 9 patients. Renin levels from TRV was normal in patients studied and was not useful in predicting surgical success. The patient's own kidneys are not the cause of post-transplant hypertension. Demonstration of an increased renin activity in the patient's own renal veins is not always associated with relief of hypertension by bilateral nephrectomy.
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006977:Hypertension, Renal / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D012078:Renal Artery Obstruction / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*; D012082:Renal Veins; D012083:Renin / Q000097:blood; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous
D012083:Renin