title: Renal transplant arterial stenosis: percutaneous transluminal angioplasty.
abstract: Seven hypertensive patients underwent percutaneous transluminal angioplasty for relief of arterial stenosis complicating renal allotransplantation. Five had end-to-side anastomosis of the donor renal artery to the recipient external iliac artery, and two had end-to-end anastomosis of the donor renal artery to the recipient internal iliac artery. Each patient had developed hypertension (blood pressure greater than 145/95 mm Hg), elevated peripheral venous plasma renin, and six demonstrated decrease in renal function as detected by an increase in serum creatinine at least 2 months after transplantation and without evidence of rejection. Angioplasty was technically successful without significant complications and blood pressure and biochemical abnormalities were improved or stabilized in all seven patients.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006977:Hypertension, Renal / Q000628:therapy*; D006978:Hypertension, Renovascular / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy; D011859:Radiography; D012078:Renal Artery Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*