title: Guiding catheter-assisted renal artery angioplasty.
abstract: A guiding catheter was used in seven patients who underwent balloon dilation of nine renal arteries. The advantages of using a guiding catheter for renal angioplasty are analogous to the benefits obtained with a coronary angioplasty guiding catheter used in coronary angioplasty. The guiding catheter provides back-up support to cross lesions and allows selective contrast visualization of the lesion before, during, and after dilation. It is also possible, when using a guiding catheter, to measure pressure gradients across lesions without having to recross the lesion which may help to ensure that adequate dilation of the stenosis has been accomplished.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Ochsner Clinic and Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation, New Orleans, Louisiana.
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Ramee
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Collins
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dearing
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Rees
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Granke
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Hollier
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012077:Renal Artery; D012078:Renal Artery Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*