title: Successful transluminal angioplasty of renal arterial stenosis using the transcarotid approach.
abstract: We successfully performed percutaneous transluminal angioplasty to treat severe renovascular hypertension with left ventricular failure in a 5-month-old infant. Using the transcarotid approach, we dilated the stenotic left renal artery without any difficulties, using progressively larger balloons designed for dilation of coronary arteries.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, Nagano Children's Hospital, Minami-azumi-gun, Nagano, Japan. ktakigiku@h5.dion.ne.jp
authors.forename: Kiyohiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takigiku
authors.forename: Gengi
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Satomi
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yasukochi
mesh_terms: D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon; D017536:Carotid Artery, Common / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D006978:Hypertension, Renovascular / Q000628:therapy; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000628:therapy; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012078:Renal Artery Obstruction / Q000628:therapy*; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000628:therapy