title: Restoration of renal function after bilateral renal artery occlusion.
abstract: Five patients had anuric renal failure caused by occlusion of the main renal arteries. All had a background of controlled hypertension, but in three patients, hypertension accelerated in the months before anuria. Extensive atherosclerotic disease was clinically evident in the peripheral (3/5), coronary (4/5), and cerebral (1/5) vessels. Identifiable precipitating events preceded the development of anuria in four patients. Although the use of renal ultrasonogram and scintiscan was suggestive, angiography was essential to establish the diagnosis after a brief period of maintenance hemodialysis. Renal artery revascularization performed as long as 38 days after the onset of anuria resulted in restoration of kidney function.
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000209:etiology; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006978:Hypertension, Renovascular / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000601:surgery; D012078:Renal Artery Obstruction / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006435:Renal Dialysis