Renal artery stent implantation in a patient with bilateral renal artery stenoses presenting with flash pulmonary edema.
We describe a patient with a clinical presentation of moderate renal dysfunction, recurrent hospitalizations for congestive heart failure, and an episode of abrupt-onset pulmonary edema (flash pulmonary edema). Diagnostic angiography revealed triple-vessel coronary artery disease (CAD) and bilateral severe renal artery stenosis. This patient underwent successful bilateral renal artery stent implantation with marked improvement in his functional class without further recurrence of pulmonary edema.
Nunez
Eduardo
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Department of Cardiology, Ochsner Clinic and, Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
White
Christopher J
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