Endoluminal stent-graft repair of a renal artery aneurysm.
OBJECTIVE
To present a renal artery aneurysm that was treated successfully by endoluminal grafting.


METHODS
A 48-year-old woman presented with a 2.5-cm saccular left renal artery aneurysm. A Jostent coronary stent-graft was placed transluminally into the left renal artery via a femoral artery cutdown. After 12 months, renal function remained normal, and computed tomography revealed normal kidney perfusion with complete resolution of the renal artery aneurysm. CONCLUSIONS; The advances in endovascular stent-grafts will allow more visceral artery aneurysms to be treated with a minimally invasive approach.
Bruce
Michael
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Department of Surgery, Monash University, Box Hill Hospital, Nelson Road, Box Hill, Victoria 3128, Australia.
Kuan
Yew-Ming
YM
D000783:Aneurysm / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D015607:Stents