title: Stenting of a renal artery bifurcation stenosis.
abstract: Renal artery stenosis involving the renal artery ostium often responds suboptimally to balloon angioplasty. In this context, immediate and long-term results can be optimized by stenting. Occasionally, lesions may involve the midartery segment at a branch point. We report a case of a bifurcation lesion which responded poorly to balloon angioplasty despite the kissing balloon technique. Excellent angiographic result was finally achieved by deploying two flexible coil stents in a "kissing" fashion. The patient's hypertension came under control overnight. At 6-month follow up, he remained normotensive on no medication. Repeat renal angiogram also showed no restenosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Pokfulam. dswho@hkucc.hku.hk
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Woo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002404:Catheterization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012078:Renal Artery Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D015607:Stents