Management of claudication and hypertension by stent implantation in a renal transplant recipient.
Graft artery stenosis is one of the main causes of hypertension in renal transplant recipients. We present a rare case of severe common iliac artery stenosis, proximal to the graft artery, that was the cause of accelerated hypertension and claudication in a male renal transplant recipient. After percutaneous balloon angioplasty combined with a Palmaz stent implantation, a dramatic improvement of hypertension and claudication was observed during a 10-month follow-up period.
Department of Nephrology, Aretaieon University Hospital, Athens, Greece.
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Agroyannis
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Fourtounas
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Mourikis
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Kopelias
D000328:Adult; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D006801:Humans; D006977:Hypertension, Renal / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D007383:Intermittent Claudication / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D015607:Stents