title: Abdominal aortic coarctation, renovascular, hypertension, and neurofibromatosis.
abstract: Abdominal aortic coarctation and renal artery stenosis associated with neurofibromatosis is an unusual cause of renovascular hypertension in children and young adults. Sustained hypertension despite pharmacological treatment carries significant end-organ deterioration, failure to thrive, and potentially lethal complications. Timely arterial reconstruction can render these children normotensive, allowing normal development and reducing long-term morbidity. Progression of the arterial occlusive process, however, may occur after surgery. Therefore, careful follow-up is mandatory following aortorenal reconstruction in children with neurofibromatosis.
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular Surgery, Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA. ecriado@vassurg.com
authors.forename: Enrique
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Criado
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Izquierdo
authors.forename: Salvador
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Luján
authors.forename: Enrique
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Puras
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: del Mar Espino
mesh_terms: D001012:Aorta, Abdominal; D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006978:Hypertension, Renovascular / Q000209:etiology*; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000150:complications*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D012078:Renal Artery Obstruction / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed