Angioplasic surgery for renal artery aneurysm in pediatric hypertension.
Aneurysmectomy and renal angioplasty were performed on a 14-year-old Japanese male and the blood pressure was within normal values 3 years after this surgery. Measurement of renal blood flow was facilitated by using 133Xe washout technique. This incidence is the eighth such case to be reported from Japan.
D000293:Adolescent; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D006977:Hypertension, Renal / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous