title: Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty for pediatric renovascular hypertension.
abstract: Five children had percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) for renal artery stenosis, involving the mid- or distal main renal artery or proximal branches in 4 and developing after saphenous vein patch angioplasty in 1. All 5 children became normotensive following the procedure, but one later became hypertensive due to recurrent renal artery stenosis. The authors recommend PTA for treatment of mid- to distal renal artery stenosis in children.
mesh_terms: D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006978:Hypertension, Renovascular / Q000628:therapy*; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012078:Renal Artery Obstruction / Q000628:therapy*