Accelerated renovascular hypertension following intra-aortic balloon counter-pulsation.
A 62-year-old man developed high serum renin arterial hypertension following thoraco-abdominal dissection which resulted from insertion of an intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP). Nephrectomy resulted in cure of medically unmanageable hypertension.
D001243:Assisted Circulation; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications; D006341:Heart Rupture / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D006978:Hypertension, Renovascular / Q000209:etiology*; D007423:Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications; D010210:Papillary Muscles; D012083:Renin / Q000097:blood
D012083:Renin