title: [Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty in the treatment of 79 cases of reno-vascular hypertension].
abstract: 79 cases of reno-vascular hypertension were treated with percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTRA) during 1981-1994. Athrosclerosis as the etiology of renal artery lesions was noted in 14 cases (17.7%), arteritis in 57 (72.2%), and fibro-muscular dysplasia in 8 (10.1%). The success rate of PTRA was 94.8%. The morbidity rate was 3.8%. There was no mortality in this series. The cure-improvement rate after average follow-up of 44.8 months was 73.4%. It was 75.4% in the group of arteritis. We conclude that PTRA should be considered as the first choice for the treatment of renovascular hypertension, especially to the arteritis patients.
authors.affiliation: Capital University of Medical Sciences, Beijing.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D001167:Arteritis / Q000150:complications; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006978:Hypertension, Renovascular / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged