title: Thermal laser-assisted angioplasty of renal artery stenosis for renovascular hypertension.
abstract: Percutaneous transluminal laser-assisted angioplasty of a renal artery stenosis was performed in a 16-year-old woman with renovascular hypertension. The stenotic portion of the renal artery was predilated by delivering Nd-YAG laser energy to the terminal tip of a laser catheter. Although the luminal diameter did not increase sufficiently with laser angioplasty alone, it allowed passage of the balloon catheter and subsequent successful balloon angioplasty. Immediately after dilatation, the patient's blood pressure fell to normal, and plasma renin activity decreased. There were no serious complications. Thermal laser angioplasty seems to be an effective adjunct technique for the treatment of severe renal artery stenosis which does not allow initial passage of a balloon catheter.
authors.affiliation: Third Department of Internal Medicine, Fukushima Medical College, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tani
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mizuno
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Midorikawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Igari
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Egawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Niimura
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fukuchi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hoshino
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000538:Aluminum Silicates; D017222:Angioplasty, Balloon, Laser-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006978:Hypertension, Renovascular / Q000601:surgery*; D009354:Neodymium; D012078:Renal Artery Obstruction / Q000601:surgery*; D015019:Yttrium
chemical_list: D000538:Aluminum Silicates; D009354:Neodymium; D015019:Yttrium