Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of renal artery stenosis.
Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty was performed in 7 patients with hypertension and renal artery stenosis, caused by atherosclerosis in 3 patients and fibromuscular disease in 4. The balloon dilatation was successful in all patients. In 6 patients the blood pressure was normalized within 5 days after the procedure, and remained so in 5 on follow up 3 to 10 months later.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000295:instrumentation; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation; D004106:Dilatation / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006977:Hypertension, Renal / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012078:Renal Artery Obstruction / Q000628:therapy*