Delayed extensive arterial dissection after percutaneous transluminal angioplasty for transplant renal artery stenosis.
A 26-year-old renal transplant recipient with graft artery stenosis underwent percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA), which was followed by extensive renal artery dissection leading to graft loss. This report reminds one that, although widely considered a safe procedure, PTA is not free of complications.
Viron
B
B
Service de Néphrologie, Hôpital Tenon, Paris, France.
Lacombe
M
M
Raynaud
A
A
Bindi
P
P
Thibault
P
P
Mignon
F
F
D000328:Adult; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000379:methods*; D006084:Graft Rejection; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D012078:Renal Artery Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*