[Percutaneous transluminal catheter dilatation of kidney artery stenoses in patients with renovascular hypertension].
14 patients with severe hypertension showed unilateral (7) or bilateral (6) stenoses of renal artery due to arteriosclerosis (12) or fibromuscular hyperplasia (7); one stenosis appeared after renal transplantation. Successful application of percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of renal artery was performed in 14 stenoses. 4 of 10 patients showed normal values of blood-pressure, in 4 patients blood-pressure was improved, in 2 patients hypertension remained unchanged. The patients were observed 1 to 23 months after dilatation; antihypertensive drugs were necessary in all cases, but could be reduced. The effectiveness of the procedure was demonstrated by renal arteriogram and determination of pre- and poststenotic blood-pressure values.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D004106:Dilatation / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006977:Hypertension, Renal / Q000628:therapy*; D006978:Hypertension, Renovascular / Q000628:therapy*; D007668:Kidney / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012077:Renal Artery; D012083:Renin / Q000097:blood
D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D012083:Renin
Perkutane transluminale Katheterdilatation von Nierenarterien-Stenosen bei Patienten mit renovaskulärer Hypertonie.