title: Unusual transplant renal angioplasty complication: case report.
abstract: We report an avulsion of a transplant upper pole renal artery following apparently successful percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) of a stenosis involving main, upper, and lower pole renal arteries. We believe that the use of a high pressure balloon was the causative factor. If the branches at the bifurcation cannot be protected and if the stenoses fail to resolve under moderate balloon insufflation pressures (less than 5-6 atmospheres), consideration should be given to surgical revascularization.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55415.
authors.forename: I D
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Weisman
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Ney
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Andrisevic
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Stanchfield
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Odland
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Andersen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy*; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000293:injuries*; D012078:Renal Artery Obstruction / Q000628:therapy*