Percutaneous transluminal dilatation of transplant renal artery stenosis.
Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty has been applied to the treatment of transplant renal artery stenosis in 3 patients, 2 with severe hypertension resistant to medical therapy, and one with graft dysfunction related to the presence of the stenosis in the early post-transplant period. The clinical courses of the patients before and after angioplasty are illustrated and the usefulness of the technique in this difficult situation stressed.
D000328:Adult; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000628:therapy; D012078:Renal Artery Obstruction / Q000628:therapy*