title: Fatal intracerebral hemorrhage associated with severe hypertension following renal artery embolization.
abstract: Persistence of gross hematuria for more than three days following renal biopsy merits renal angiography and embolization of the involved branch of renal artery. We report a patient who developed a fatal intracerebral hemorrhage resulting from severe hypertension following embolization of a branch of the left renal artery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Varma
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Malik
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Khullar
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sakhuja
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Chugh
mesh_terms: D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D012077:Renal Artery