Accelerated renovascular hypertension following angioplasty. Assessment of therapy by Tc-99m DMSA imaging.
This is a report of serial Tc-99m DMSA renal imaging on a pediatric patient with renovascular hypertension that experienced a complication of angioplasty. The case dramatically illustrates the usefulness of this radiopharmaceutical in the evaluation of acutely worsening hypertension, and in monitoring improvement following arterial revascularization for significant branch stenosis.
Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.
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D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D006978:Hypertension, Renovascular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D007668:Kidney / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000601:surgery; D012078:Renal Artery Obstruction / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D004113:Succimer; D019783:Technetium Tc 99m Dimercaptosuccinic Acid
D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; D019783:Technetium Tc 99m Dimercaptosuccinic Acid; D004113:Succimer